November 2007

Girl, 9, shot in head with airgun
5th November 2007
BBC Birmingham - UK
A nine-year-old girl has been injured after she was shot in the head with an airgun pellet. Ambulance staff said if the pellet had been "an inch to the side" she could easily have suffered a very serious eye injury or lost the sight in the eye. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/7078672.stm

Double glazing salesman shot in the head
8th November 2007
Blackburn Citizen - UK
Alex O'Neill, 17, of Blackburn, was left with a chipped skull after he was hit by an air rifle pellet, thought to have been fired from a first floor window http://www.blackburncitizen.co.uk:80/mostpopular.var.1816552.mostviewed.double_glazing_salesman_shot_in_the_head.php


Pregnant woman shot in stomach
12th November 2007
GazetteLive - Middlesbrough,UK
A YOUNG gunman who shot a pregnant woman in the stomach is being hunted by police. The same evening a woman was walking her dog when it was shot twice - in the head and shoulder - by an air rifle in the Elvet Place area.
http://www.gazettelive.co.uk:80/news/teesside-breaking-news/2007/11/12/pregnant-woman-shot-in-stomach-84229-20098060/


Girl shot on way home from school
14th November 2007
Times 24 - Welwyn Garden City,England,UK
Pellets blasted from an airgun rained down on a 13-year-old girl, while others smashed into a nearby house and car.
http://www.whtimes.co.uk/content/whtimes/news/story.aspx?brand=WHTOnline&category=News&tBrand=herts24&tCategory=newswhtnew&itemid=WEED14%20Nov%202007%2013%3A14%3A08%3A833


Youth accused of airgun terror spree given Asbo
22nd November 2007
Scotsman - United Kingdom
A TEENAGER accused of terrorising a Lothian town by brandishing an air rifle has been given an Asbo. The 17-year-old from Tranent was alleged to have damaged property with the weapon.
http://news.scotsman.com/edinburgh.cfm?id=1838122007


Bricke shot on building site
24th November 2007
Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph - Kettering,England,UK
Construction worker Dave Sewell was struck with a pellet from an air rifle as he worked on a building site in Corby. He had been fired at with an air rifle... http://www.northantset.co.uk/news/Bricke-shot-on-building-site.3519676.jp


Woman victim of air rifle sniper
27th November 2007
This Is Lancashire - Blackburn,England,UK
A woman has been shot in the neck with an air weapon in Bury. It is believed the air weapon was fired from a grass verge overlooking the petrol station forecourt nearby. Police are currently investigating three other similar incidents in the same area and are keen to speak to anyone with any information. http://www.thisislancashire.co.uk/news/headlines/display.var.1861860.0.woman_victim_of_air_rifle_sniper.php


Arrests after air-rifle shooting
30th November 2007
InTheNews.co.uk - London,UK
Three people have been arrested after a woman was shot in the neck by an air rifle in Bury on Monday evening.
http://www.inthenews.co.uk/news/countries/arrests-after-air-rifle-shooting-$1173869.htm


Two-day amnesty attracts weapons
30th November 2007
BBC News - UK
A two-day gun amnesty in Newport following a teenager's death from an air rifle wound has been welcomed as " absolutely fantastic". http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_east/7121364.stm