SHOTS FIRED AT MEN IN STREET
POLICE SAY THE ATTACK WAS TARGETED AS MAJOR HUNT LAUNCHED TO FIND THE GUNMAN
A MAJOR investigation is under way after shots were fired in a Huddersfield street.
It is believed a gun was fired at a group of men in Moldgreen ... but they have not come forward to complain to police.
Police were called to Old Bank Fold in Moldgreen at around 11.45pm on Monday after reports a gun had been fired at the men who were said to be running down an alleyway at the time. It is believed no-one was injured. Uniformed officers in a patrol car blocked the junction of Old Bank Fold sealing off around 10 houses for most of yesterday.
One resident said: “I heard the police come out but didn’t know what had gone on. Everyone was phoning me to check I was all right, saying there’s been a shooting and to find out what’s happened.
“Police asked if I saw anyone but the first I heard was when police turned up. They were everywhere.”
Officers carried out extensive searches of bushes which run alongside the row of houses.
Further police searches took place in nearby Somerset Road which has a footpath to Wakefield Road and Old Bank Fold.
Det Insp Andy Farrell, from West Yorkshire Police’s Force Firearms Prevent Team, said the attack was targeted but that none of the men involved had come forward.
He said: “Clearly any firearms discharge will cause some concern in the local community and I would like to reassure members of the public that we take all firearms incidents extremely seriously and have extensive enquiries under way to identify those involved. “This appears to have been a targeted attack. “At this time, the group of males that the firearm has been targeted at have not come forward to the police.”
Anyone with information is asked to call the Firearms Prevent Team via 101, quoting log 2201 of 05/02.
Information can also be given anonymously to independent charity Crimestoppers by calling 0800 555 111.