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Front Page Headline Leicester Mercury  22/09/2000

TWO MEN INJURED IN CITY SHOOTING

BY KUNBI JEGEDE

Two young men were today being treated for gunshot wounds
to the legs after being  shot in Leicester last night.

The unnamed victims, an 18-year-old and a 22-year-old,
were taken to the Leicester Royal Infirmary following
the attack at Redwood Walk, off Humberstone Road.

Their condition was described as comfortable and detectives
were today waiting to speak to them.

CORDONED OFF

The area was still cordoned off this morning as police
searched for the weapon.
Officers said they believed the shooting had followed an
argument involving a group of people in their late teens
and early 20s.
The incident took place between 10.30pm and 11 pm.
Mary Garder, 64, of Redwood Walk, said: "I was in the
bathroom at 11 pm and I heard arguing.  It sounded like
the voices of some men and then I heard running.
"Then I heard three loud shots.  They were really loud
and it sounded like guns.
"I thought to myself 'I'm not being I nosy' so I switched
the light off and got straight into bed."
Grenville Tucker, 51, of near Lombardy Rise said: "I was
in bed when I heard what sounded like youths talking and
swearing. Then I heard five shots. "
Joan Pritchard, 58, of nearby Oak Street, said: "I was
lying in bed when I heard four bangs.  "I thought it was a
smash or car being done in, but the more I think about it,
it sounded like shots."
Robert Jenkins, 17, a student who also lives in Oak Street
said: "I bumped into my friend this morning.  He lives in
Redwood Walk flats and he told me this morning he heard a 
scream last night."
Officers arrived with forensic experts and the investigation
continued through the night.  This morning 12 officers we on
the scene together with scenes of crime experts who were
conducting a fingertip search of the area.
No-one has been arrested.
He said the injuries to the two men were not life
threatening.  The stretch of road between Oak Street and
Redwood Walk was shut by police, slowing traffic and
blocking the b lane.  Cones cordoned off part the scene 
overnight and this morning traffic in the area was slowed
to a crawl.


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