Wortley: Masked attacker shot man in house
A masked gunman is being hunted after he broke into a house and blasted one of the occupants with a shotgun.
Detectives suspect that the shooting, in which the 29-year-old victim suffered a serious leg wound, was not a random attack.
The man was downstairs at his privately owned house in the Wortley area at 5.20am on Sunday, June 22, while his partner
and young child were asleep upstairs.
The door was forced open and a masked man entered the lounge. The intruder produced a shotgun and pointing it at the householder and shot him at almost point-blank range in his left thigh.
The gunman then fled. The victim was rushed to hospital where he underwent surgery and was still detained yesterday for treatment.
Det Insp Mark Gaunt of Pudsey-Weetwood CID, said it had been a frightening and "apparently not random" attack on the victim. He said the injured man was local and from a large family with relatives living in the area.
* Anyone with information is asked to call police on 0845 60 60 60 6.
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Last Updated:
26 June 2008 12:33 PM
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