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.
A man's body was found by police at an address in Lipson. The man, a licensed firearms-holder, had died of gunshot wounds. Two firearms and ammunition were recovered from the house. Police are not treating the matter as suspicious.
2008/1/8
Guardian
An gang of teenagers armed with an imitation Beretta pistol forced their way into a house in Northaw, Hertfordshire, after claiming to be estate agents, where they threatened to shoot a woman. Her 14-year-old son, who raised the alarm after hiding his younger brother in a cupboard, was also threatened. Chloe Doltis and Tristan Harriette were found guilty and four others, Jake McLean, Dalton Lawal, Courtney Mitchell and Dario Wokora, pleaded guilty to aggravated burglary. They received sentences of between three years seven months and five years.
2008/1/8
BBC
A security guard was threatened with a gun by two robbers outside an off licence in Basildon, Essex. The men escaped with a five-figure sum of cash. The getaway car was later found burnt out in Vange.
2008/1/7
Weston & Somerset Mercury
A 15-year-old has been robbed at gunpoint whilst he was walking home in Weston-super-Mare. It was not clear whether the weapon used was a real gun, an imitation or a toy according to police. The robbers, also believed to be teenagers, ran off with the victim's mobile phone.
2008/1/7
Manchester Evening News
Five masked men threatened a couple with a gun during an incident at a flat in Moss Side. After a brief verbal altercation the gang left. The gun was not fired and no-one was injured.
2008/1/7
Liverpool Echo
A man who was shot in the stomach in a street in Anfield, Liverpool, was one of three arrests after police raided a house near Liverpool city centre. The men were charged with drug offences.
2008/1/7
Herald Express
An airgun sniper who damaged windows at a shop, a house and a takeaway in Totnes, Devon, may have been responsible for damage at the Civic Hall where a second floor window has been cracked.
2008/1/7
Chester & District Standard
A man was shot in the leg in a "targeted attack" at a house in Kensington, Merseyside. Several men forced their way into the property. The victim required hospital treatment but his injuries were not life-threatening.
2008/1/7
BBC
A man armed with an imitation gun sparked a police armed response when he was spotted in Oswestry, Shropshire. He was arrested on suspicion of possessing an imitation firearm with intent to cause fear or violence.
2008/1/7
Evening Leader
A man was arrested after police received a report that he had entered a pub in Bagillt with a firearm. He apparently made threats and then left the pub.
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