Bloody heck!
This is getting sooooo Dodge City in these parts. Been happening years in Nottingham, of course, just like any city in the world. But, that don’t stop us getting scared. This was just a few yards down the street from my house. 11:30pm last night.
Many shivers.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/nottinghamshire/3429189.stm
A man is seriously ill in hospital after being shot in the street in Nottingham.
The shooting happened near the Woodborough pub on the junction between Woodborough Road and Manning Street at 2330 GMT on Sunday in St Ann’s.
He was taken to the Queen’s Medical Centre and is described as “serious” by police.
It happened almost two years after 16-year-old Brendon Lawrence was shot nearby. His killers are still at large.
The area of St Ann’s has been blighted by gun crime.
A resident recently filmed a gun battle taking place in the streets.
Nottingham police, who have been criticised for not dealing with the problem, introduced regular armed patrols in October 2000.
Police said a detailed forensic examination is taking place at the crime scene.
and ….
Nottingham Evening Post : MAN, 32, SHOT IN STREET
BY SIMON MCGEE AND STEVIE RODEN
16:00 – 26 January 2004
Detectives are hunting two masked men who gunned down a 32-year-old city man in a drive-by shooting.
The victim, who has not been named, was shot at the corner of Woodborough Road and Manning Street near the Woodborough pub in St Ann’s just before 11.30 last night.
A witness told the Post: “This blue van pulled up on the road. A man in the van then fired one shot and drove off. The guy was screaming but he managed to get himself over to a phonebox to call 999.”
The car – a light blue Renault Megane Scenic – crashed just minutes later and the men fled.
The victim is in a stable condition at the QMC.
