The shooting of a 17-year-old in Leeds is being investigated as attempted murder.
The victim is currently receiving treatment in hospital for shotgun pellet injuries to his chest, arm, face and hand. His injuries are not considered life threatening.
He has also been arrested on suspicion of firearms offences.
He was shot in an incident in Pasture Road, Harehills, shortly before 6.00pm on Monday 16 July. Detectives believe the shooting may be linked to an earlier incident where a shotgun was fired at a house in Devon Close, Woodhouse, causing damage to guttering and brickwork.
Police received a report at 3.37pm that a blue Ford Ka, containing three to five masked males, had pulled up and fired at the house from Devon Road, which the property backs onto.
Minutes later the Ford Ka was involved in a road traffic collision in nearby Archery Road where it crashed into a wall at a dead end and then hit a van before driving off.
The car was found abandoned a short time later at Hill Top Place, Hyde Park. A number of males in balaclavas were seen running off from the scene.
A white Volkswagen Golf, believed to have been involved in the Pasture Road incident, is also undergoing forensic examination after being recovered later that evening in Shepherds Lane.
Detective Superintendent Pat Twiggs, of West Yorkshire Police Homicide and Major Enquiry Team, said: “Although our investigation is in its relatively early stages and we are still exploring the circumstances surrounding these incidents, we believe they have been targeted attacks which are likely to be part of a dispute between criminals.
“The youth who was shot in Pasture Road has received very serious injuries and we are treating the attack on him as attempted murder.
“The criminal use of firearms in our communities cannot and will not be tolerated, and we are treating these incidents very seriously. We have specialist detectives, supported by firearms officers, carrying out extensive enquiries to identify those involved and bring them to justice.
“We are still building up a picture of these incidents and we are keen to hear from anyone who witnessed any part of them or who saw the vehicles involved at the times of the incidents for when they were abandoned.”
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