Police Insist Public Are Safe After Shooting
Northumbria Police are insisting the public are safe following a drive-by shooting in Newcastle on Saturday night (6th June).
Northumbria Police are insisting the public are safe following a drive-by shooting in Newcastle on Saturday night (6th June).
A doorman who is 24-year-old is in a stable condition after being shot by a person on a motorbike outside Tup Tup Palace on Saint Nicholas Street.
Extra officers are now on patrol in the city.
Superintendent Bruce Storey, said: "We're carrying out enquiries to establish the circumstances of this incident and any particular motive, at the current time our enquiries so far lead us to believe there is not a risk to the wider members of the public.
“Understandably though people are concerned and it is worrying that this has happened, especially on a busy night in Newcastle city centre where there were many people enjoying a night out. "Extra patrols were quickly deployed to the city centre, both to deal with the incident and to offer reassurance to those who were in the city. An increased police presence will continue both during the day and night and I would encourage anyone who does have any concerns to speak to an officer on patrol. "We are doing everything we can to trace the motorbike and the person responsible for this shooting and would ask anyone with information to come forward and speak to us. If anyone saw a silver motorbike bike in the city centre around the time of this incident or saw it before or has seen it since then we want to hear from them." Anyone with information is asked to contact Northumbria Police on 101 ext 69191 quoting reference 1410 070615 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
It follows a stabbing in the city centre on Saturday, and a murder in Fawdon. Police say they’re not being linked.