{"id":604541,"date":"2025-12-01T03:38:44","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T03:38:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/604541\/"},"modified":"2025-12-01T03:38:44","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T03:38:44","slug":"man-arrested-in-aberdeen-in-connection-with-shooting-boy-in-sheffield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/604541\/","title":{"rendered":"Man arrested in Aberdeen in connection with shooting boy in Sheffield"},"content":{"rendered":"

The boy remains in hospital in a critical condition after the shooting on Monday.\"CopsCops locked down Great Wstern Road in Aberdeen. (Image: Fubar News)<\/p>\n

A man has been arrested in Aberdeen in connection with shooting<\/a> a 16-year-old boy in Sheffield.<\/p>\n

Officers from Police Scotland <\/a>detained the 26-year-old man last night at the CitiHouse guesthouse in the Granite City at around 8pm. A 23-year-old woman was also arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender.<\/a><\/p>\n

The teen was shot in the London Road area of Sheffield on Monday, November 24, and remains in hospital in a critical condition.<\/a><\/p>\n

South Yorkshire Police<\/a> arrested two boys, aged 15 and 16, on suspicion of conspiracy to commit murder earlier this week. The pair were released on bail while officers carry out further enquiries.<\/p>\n

A 40-year-old man who was arrested earlier this week on suspicion of assisting an offender has also been released on police bail<\/a> pending further enquiries.<\/p>\n

An image shows cops locking down Great Western Road in Aberdeen last night while officers<\/a> raided the guesthouse to look for a man. A police van<\/a> can be seen blocking of entry to the road while officers stand outside the vehicle.<\/p>\n

A seperate picure captured forensic officers<\/a> scouring the scene in Sheffield after the murder bid on Monday.<\/p>\n

\"ForensicForensic officers at the scene in Sheffield. (Image: Yorkshire Live)<\/p>\n

Detective chief inspector Emma Knight of South Yorkshire Police<\/a>, said: \u201cOur investigation into this shooting is continuing at pace and I want to thank everyone who has contacted us with information so far.<\/p>\n

\u201cYour support really is crucial as we strive to secure justice for the injured child and his family and put an end to gun crime in South Yorkshire. Collectively, we will not tolerate the risk these weapons pose to our communities.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis incident understandably caused a lot of concern and heartache in the local communities, and our thoughts remain with the child\u2019s family.<\/p>\n

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\u201cHe is 16 years of age and should have been looking forward to his future but now, his life has been put on pause as he remains in a critical condition following this horrific act of violence.<\/p>\n

\u201cI continue to urge anyone who has information that they think may be relevant to our investigation to please get in touch if you haven\u2019t already done so.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The boy remains in hospital in a critical condition after the shooting on Monday.Cops locked down Great Wstern…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":604542,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8817],"tags":[1006,748,393,20218,4884,530,1620,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-604541","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sheffield","8":"tag-aberdeen","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-firearms","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-police-scotland","14":"tag-sheffield","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115642232383655481","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604541","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=604541"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604541\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/604542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=604541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=604541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=604541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}