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Teenagers hurt in double shooting | Teenagers hurt in double shooting |
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Two youths aged 15 and 17 were taken to hospital after a double shooting in Nottingham, police have confirmed. | Two youths aged 15 and 17 were taken to hospital after a double shooting in Nottingham, police have confirmed. |
Police and East Midlands Ambulance Service confirmed they were called to Palin Street in the Hyson Green area at 2145 GMT on Friday. | |
The two boys, both local, were taken to Nottingham's Queen's Medical Centre with gunshot wounds, EMAS said. | The two boys, both local, were taken to Nottingham's Queen's Medical Centre with gunshot wounds, EMAS said. |
Their injuries were not thought to be life-threatening. The 15-year-old was later released from hospital. | |
No-one has been arrested in connection with the shootings. | |
Armed patrols | |
A police spokesman said: "Increased police patrols will be stepped up in and around Nottingham. | |
"These patrols will include armed police officers, providing a high visibility presence across parts of the city centre. | |
"Senior police officers believe the use of armed patrols will send out a strong message that gun crime will not be tolerated in Nottingham and also reassure members of the public." | |
Resident Sapphina Anderson, a friend of one of the victims, said there was a lot of trouble in the area where the shootings happened. | |
"They're all in gangs so you have to lay low basically and get out of it," she said. | |
"It's scary. Obviously you just have to take precautions." |