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| Officers hunt city centre gunman | Officers hunt city centre gunman |
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| Police are hunting a gunman who shot a 17-year-old boy in the middle of a shopping parade in Nottingham. | Police are hunting a gunman who shot a 17-year-old boy in the middle of a shopping parade in Nottingham. |
| Shoppers saw the youth shot in the chest as he was cycling past the Bridgeway shops in the city's Meadows area on Tuesday lunchtime. | |
| He was taken to the Queen's Medical Centre where he died from his injuries. | He was taken to the Queen's Medical Centre where he died from his injuries. |
| It is thought the gunman, who may have had a row with the youth before the attack, rode away on the victim's bike after shooting him. | It is thought the gunman, who may have had a row with the youth before the attack, rode away on the victim's bike after shooting him. |
| A murder inquiry is under way and police have increased their presence in the Meadows area. | A murder inquiry is under way and police have increased their presence in the Meadows area. |
| It's got to stop - it's getting too frequent now Dale Beccan | It's got to stop - it's getting too frequent now Dale Beccan |
| One resident, who did not want to be named, said: "I think it's disgusting, there's kids playing and everyone's seen it. | One resident, who did not want to be named, said: "I think it's disgusting, there's kids playing and everyone's seen it. |
| "People are walking past the shops in broad daylight and they've seen this." | "People are walking past the shops in broad daylight and they've seen this." |
| Alan Simpson, MP for Nottingham South, said he was shocked by the nature of the crime. | Alan Simpson, MP for Nottingham South, said he was shocked by the nature of the crime. |
| "As I understand it the lad was on his bike in the middle of the precinct when he was approached by another youth who, at point blank range, pulled a gun and shot him in the chest. He then took the bike and rode off. | "As I understand it the lad was on his bike in the middle of the precinct when he was approached by another youth who, at point blank range, pulled a gun and shot him in the chest. He then took the bike and rode off. |
| "It seems to me you can't get much more brazen than that," he said. | "It seems to me you can't get much more brazen than that," he said. |
| Pay respects | Pay respects |
| Dale Beccan, father of 14-year-old Danielle Beccan who was gunned down in a drive-by attack in the city in 2003, visited the scene of Nottingham's latest shooting to pay his respects. | Dale Beccan, father of 14-year-old Danielle Beccan who was gunned down in a drive-by attack in the city in 2003, visited the scene of Nottingham's latest shooting to pay his respects. |
| "It's got to stop - it's getting too frequent now," he said. | "It's got to stop - it's getting too frequent now," he said. |
| "If kids in this country are going to try and be like kids in America, with people walking round with guns in the middle of the day, then we should start handing out sentences like they do in America with 200 years for murder." | "If kids in this country are going to try and be like kids in America, with people walking round with guns in the middle of the day, then we should start handing out sentences like they do in America with 200 years for murder." |
| Police said a post-mortem examination would be carried out on the teenager on Wednesday, after which more details of the shooting would be released. | Police said a post-mortem examination would be carried out on the teenager on Wednesday, after which more details of the shooting would be released. |