Gun Incidents

The Infer Trust makes every effort to record and categorise the firearms incidents reported in the UK but we recognise that it is not a complete record.

If you are aware of a gun incident which is not listed please notify us.  You can do this by either sending us the link for an on line report, or a hard copy of a press article to our address. 
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2011/1/24 Daily Mail
A man was in hospital with serious injuries after being shot in Bedford.  It is believed the victim was targeted after confidential police files and a photograph naming him as an informant were posted on Facebook.
2011/1/24 BBC
An air rifle was seized during a series of raids in Merseyside targeting drug and gun crime.  Eleven men and four women were being held on suspicion of conspiracy to supply class A drugs.  Some of them were also being questioned on suspicion of firearms offences.
2011/1/24 BBC
Two men carrying a firearm attempted to rob an off licence in Tunbridge Wells, Kent.  They tried to grab cash but eventually fled empty handed.  A shot was fired.  A shotgun believed to have been used is being forensically examined by police.
2011/1/22 Leicester Mercury
Brinderpal Singh Shoker, 18, and Jedson Bailey, 19, have been sentenced to three years and four months after they attacked and robbed three friends whilst they were eating a takeaway in Leicester, in August 2010.  One of the teenagers pointed an air pistol at the victims.  They both admitted robbery and possessing an imitation firearm with intent to cause fear of violence.
2011/1/22 The News
Anthony Higson tried to hold up an off-licence in Somers Town, Portsmouth, in December 2010 (see Incidents) whilst armed with a fake handgun.  He has pleaded guilty to attempted robbery and possessing an imitation firearm and will be sentenced later.
2011/1/22 BBC
A man threatened staff at a bank in Burgess Hill, West Sussex, with a gun during an attempted robbery.  He fled the scene after he failed to get any money.
2011/1/21 Yorkshire Post
Desmond Browne was found to have a 100-year-old gun at his home in Yeadon, Leeds, in April 2010.  When police called he was seen to push a package out on to the roof.  Five live .38 bullets were recovered.  He has been jailed for two and a half years after a jury decided the gun was not a "curiosity or ornament" as he claimed and they found him guilty of possessing a prohibited firearm.
2011/1/21 Worcester News

Three teenagers have been arrested over an attempted armed robbery at an off licence in Droitwich, Worcestershire.  A black pistol-like weapon was brandished during the incident.  Nothing was taken.

2011/1/21 Stratford-upon-Avon Herald
An air rifle pellet was removed from the back leg of a cat from Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire.  His owner has issued an appeal to anyone who knows any information about who shot her cat.
2011/1/21 South Wales Echo
A cat is recovering after being shot in the face for the fourth time.  After the latest attack he came back to his home in Llanrumney, Cardiff, bleeding and in agony.  An airgun pellet had been fired at point-blank range and destroyed his left eye.
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