September 2007

A gunman shot at a packed train - smashing a window and terrifying commuters
2nd September 2007
Sunday People - UK
He fired his airgun from the side of the track between Exeter and Axminster, Devon. One passenger said yesterday: "I heard a plop and a window shattered. ...
http://www.people.co.uk/news/tm_headline=rifle-maniac-blasts-train&method=full&objectid=19722027&siteid=93463-name_page.html


Airgun attackers shoot three men
5th September 2007
BBC News - UK
In the third incident, a man in his 50s reported that six shots from an airgun were fired at him from a passing car.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/staffordshire/6979660.stm


Gun man facing jail term
5th September 2007
Greenock Telegraph - Greenock,Scotland,UK
A MAN who fired an air rifle in a Greenock street has been told he could face jail.
http://www.greenocktelegraph.co.uk/article.php?sec=1&id=12218


Armed robbery arrest
6th September 2007
Oxford Mail - Oxford,England,UK
Brandishing a BB gun, or airgun, a robber demanded cash from staff at Sainsbury's petrol station in Didcot yesterday morning at about 9.30pm
http://www.oxfordmail.net/news/headlines/display.var.1671298.0.armed_robbery_arrest.php


Father jailed for gun attack on son
8th September 2007
Bolton News - Bolton,UK Barry Hayes, aged 58 shot his son, aged 31, in the head, leg and chest with a modified air rifle after following him in his car.
http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/display.var.1674818.0.father_jailed_for_gun_attack_on_son.php


SHOOTINGS PROMPT POLICE WARNING OVER AIR RIFLES
12th September 2007
Express & Echo - Exeter,England,UK
Two separate shootings which happened within hours of each other in Exeter and Mid Devon have prompted police to issue a warning over the dangers of air rifles. A city man had to undergo lifesaving surgery in Southampton yesterday after apparently shooting himself in the head on Monday evening. Meanwhile, a man from Beaford, near Winkleigh, had a lucky escape after accidentally shooting himself in the chest in a hunting accident.
http://www.thisisexeter.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=137199&command=displayContent&sourceNode=136986&contentPK=18365987&folderPk=79934&pNodeId=137002


Police seize airgun from kids
19th September 2007
Wiltshire Times - UK
POLICE officers on patrol through Trowbridge Town Park seized a gun from two nine-year-old children who were pointing it at passers by at 3pm on Saturday.
http://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/news/latestheadlines/display.var.1699069.0.police_seize_airgun_from_kids.php


Gun-toting Woodhouse man jailed for 15 months
20th September 2007
Mansfield Chad - Mansfield,England,UK
A MANSFIELD Woodhouse man who pointed an air rifle at a police officer was jailed for 15 months today.
http://www.chad.co.uk/news/Guntoting-Woodhouse-man-jailed-for.3220042.jp


Man jailed for Halloween shooting
21st September 2007
BBC News - UK
A man was jailed for firing an air rifle at partygoers he threw out of his daughter's Halloween party. Jamie Armstrong, 37, from Ascot, Berkshire, was jailed for three and a half years after Reading Crown Court was told he shot one girl in the leg .
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/berkshire/7007666.stm


PENSIONER SHOT IN BACK BY 'STRAY' PELLET
22nd September 2007
Lincolnshire Echo - Lincoln,England,UK
A pensioner was shot in the back by a stray air rifle pellet from a window ledge shooting gallery, a court heard.
http://www.thisislincolnshire.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=156582&command=displayContent&sourceNode=156408&contentPK=18458794&folderPk=87028&pNodeId=156139


Driver shot in face with airgun
24th September 2007
This Is Lancashire - Blackburn,England,UK
A LORRY driver was shot in the cheek with an air rifle as he stood on a building site. The 37-year-old man was left with a pellet buried his eye after the attack.
http://www.thisislancashire.co.uk/news/headlines/display.var.1709293.0.driver_shot_in_face_with_airgun.php

Driver may carry pellet for life
Manchester Evening News - Manchester,England,UK
A DELIVERY driver shot in the face with an airgun may have the pellet lodged in his cheek for life.
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1017508_driver_may_carry_pellet_for_life_


Shocking scale of gun crimes by young
28th September 2007
Yorkshire Post Today - Leeds,Yorkshire,UK
... with eight charged, although for seven of those the gun was an air rifle or BB gun
http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/Shocking-scale-of-gun-crimes.3241532.jp COPS IN


POST SNUB
30 September 2007
Sunday People Residents are fuming after postal bosses turned down police protection for staff delivering to homes near a dangerous travellers' camp. Royal Mail stopped rounds next to the Hovefields site in Wickford, Essex, in 2005 after one postiewas shot in the leg with an airgun and another was attacked by dogs.
http://www.people.co.uk/news/tm_headline=cops-in-post-snub&method=full&objectid=19870984&siteid=93463-name_page.html


LAWYERS REFUSE TO CHARGE BOY WHO SHOT GIRL
26th September 2007
UK Express - UK
A TEENAGER who nearly blinded a schoolgirl when he shot her in the face with an air rifle is to escape charges. Lawyers claimed the boy of 14 was not old enough to recognise the dangers of his action. Doctors said 15-year-old Lorna De-Ste-Croix was lucky not to lose an eye after she staggered home with her face covered in blood.
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/20211/Lawyers-refuse-to-charge-boy-who-shot-girl-