Suspected drive by shooting in Walton

Police are investigating reports of a suspected drive by shooting in Walton over the weekend.

Published 12th Jul 2016

Police are investigating reports of a suspected drive by shooting in Walton over the weekend.

Residents reported hearing a loud bang at around 10.30pm on Sunday in the area of Carisbrooke Road and Arundel Street.

Enquiries have been carried out and evidence of a firearms discharge found at the scene.

Detectives from the force’s Matrix Serious Organised Crime Unit are leading the investigation and believe the shot may have been fired from a silver car in Carisbrooke Road towards a group of people stood by the bollards in Arundel Street.

No-one has come forward so far to report having been injury and no houses in the street have been damaged.