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.
Mark McCracken has admitted assault and robbery at a shop in Dennistoun, Glasgow, in June 2008. He brandished a handgun when he snatched about £60 from the till and ran off but was caught when he returned to buy a can of juice moments later. Sentencing was deferred.
2009/5/6
BBC
A man was in a serious condition in hospital after he was shot in the back in Luton, Bedfordshire. It is thought that the victim had been at a party at an address in the road when the incident occurred.
2009/5/6
BBC
A second man was shot in Luton, Bedfordshire, in 24 hours. The victim was shot in the leg and was stable in hospital. It was later revealed that he had been the victim of carjackers (BBC, 7 May 2009).
2009/5/6
BBC
A 14-year-old boy has been charged after police were called to deal with a gun incident at a school in Aberdeen. A replica weapon is believed to have been discovered.
2009/5/6
Eastern Daily Press
Nadeem Nowrung, 18, dressed up in special forces army kit and carried what looked like a machine gun as he attended lessons at a college in Kings Lynn, Norfolk. He also carried an imitation Browning pistol. A teacher alerted police and made him put his guns away. Police found cross bows, a ball bearing gun and a hand grenade at his home. He admitted being in possession of imitation firearms and was sentenced to 120 hours unpaid community work. The judge said "It beggars belief that anybody with the remotest amount of sense could do this". The incident occurred just days after a school shooting in Germany.
2009/5/6
Shropshire Star
An airgun pellet was fired at a passing car in Llanymynech, Powys. No-one was hurt but police said they were "relieved" the incident was not more serious. The car door was damaged.
2009/5/6
Sunderland Echo
A stretch limousine may have been shot at with an airgun in Hendon, Sunderland. A side window was shattered causing thousands of pounds of damage.
2009/5/5
Evening Leader
A cat belonging to a pensioner has been shot dead from close range with an airgun in Coedpoeth near Wrexham. The pet was found unable to stand and taken to a vet but could not be saved.
2009/5/5
BBC
Two men have been seriously injured in shooting incidents in County Durham, though it is unclear whether they were one related incident or two separate crimes. One of the men required emergency surgery for a wound to his groin after emergency services were called to Stanley. Two hours later another man attended the same hospital with arm wounds and is awaiting further surgery. He has been arrested on suspicion of violent disorder. Both men are said to be in a stable condition (BBC, 6 May 2009). Two men handed themselves in to police over the shooting and were held on suspicion of attempted murder (BBC, 8 May 2009).
2009/5/5
Evening Telegraph (Peterborough)
Police carrying weapons surrounded a group of youngsters in Dogsthorpe, Peterborough, after worried members of the public spotted them with a gun in a garden. The weapon turned out to be an air rifle which was confiscated and will now be destroyed. Police have repeated a warning that any resident brandishing a weapon risked armed police being called to the scene.
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