Nottinghamshire Police Officer Shot in Foot in Nottingham City Centre
A Nottinghamshire police officer is in hospital after being shot in the foot while approaching two suspects in Nottingham city centre in the early hours of Sunday. A man and a woman fled the scene and are being sought by police, with a large cordon in place around Angel Row.
A Nottinghamshire police officer is being treated in hospital after he was shot in the foot in Nottingham city centre in the early hours of Sunday. The officer had approached two suspects when he was struck by a bullet, the force said.
The two suspects, a woman and a man, fled the scene and are being sought by police. A large cordon was put in place around the Angel Row area of the city centre following what the force described as a shocking incident.
The officer was taken to hospital for treatment of a wound to his foot. His condition has not been disclosed, and it is not yet clear whether his injury is life-threatening or life-changing.
Details of the shooting remain limited. Nottinghamshire police have not said whether a firearm has been recovered, whether any arrests have been made, or what the officer was responding to when he approached the pair. The force has also not released descriptions of the two suspects.
The incident occurred in the early hours of Sunday, a period when central Nottingham is generally quiet but still patrolled by officers responding to reports of crime and disorder. Angel Row sits in the heart of the city centre, close to the Old Market Square and a short distance from Nottingham's main shopping streets and transport links.
The closure of the area around Angel Row is likely to have affected pedestrians, buses and local businesses through the morning. Police have not indicated how long the cordon is expected to remain in place.
Shootings involving police officers in Britain are rare. Firearms offences in Nottinghamshire, as elsewhere in the country, are investigated under strict procedures, and any incident in which an officer is injured by gunfire typically prompts a review of the circumstances and the deployment involved.
The force has appealed for information and asked anyone who witnessed the incident or who has relevant footage to come forward. Officers are continuing to search for the man and woman who fled.
Further updates are expected as the investigation develops and the injured officer's condition becomes clearer.
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