Two charged over shooting at illegal Leeds nightclub

    Two men have been charged with firearms offences in relation to an incident in Leeds at the weekend.

    Jeremy Rawlins, aged 45, of Mexborough Grove, Chapeltown, and Lloyd Aikens, aged 49, of Lincoln Road, Blackburn, have each been charged with possession of a Section 1 firearm following an investigation into an incident at an illegal premises known locally as The Hole, in Back Newton Grove, Chapeltown, on Sunday 28 April.

    Detectives from West Yorkshire Police Homicide and Major Enquiry Team began an investigation after Rawlins attended hospital in Leeds with serious facial injuries and Aikens attended hospital in Blackburn with a gunshot wound to his back. Both men received hospital treatment before being taken into custody.

    Officers have recovered a handgun during a search of the area.

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