Armed police search Sheffield street after ‘reported shooting’ as two men arrested
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Armed officers were deployed last night after reports of a shooting in Burngreave at around 10pm.
A 28-year-old man dialled 999 to report that he was shot at by a group of people on Carwood Road who then stole his car.
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Hide AdSouth Yorkshire said officers responded but there was no sign that a gun had been fired and there were no injuries.
A short time later the stolen car was found on the Hoole Street car park in Walkley.
A gun and and drugs were seized from the vehicle and an 18-year man was arrested nearby on suspicion of theft of a motor vehicle, possession of a firearm and drugs offences.
The 28-year-old man who reported the shooting and theft was arrested on suspicion of possessing a firearm and being concerned in the supply of drugs.