BROOMHALL SHOOTING: Chaotic scenes after shootings
THE man shot dead in a clash between rival gangs in a Sheffield street has been named as 22-year-old James Kamara, from the Pitsmoor area of the city.
Police said the young man was killed as his crew came under fire from a rival mob in a drive-by shooting in Broomhall. A post mortem examination yesterday afternoon revealed he died from bullet wounds.
The other three wounded gang members are all in their early twenties and from Sheffield.
One suffered serious injuries after being shot in his stomach. The 23-year-old from Broomhall is in a serious but stable condition in the Northern General Hospital. The two other men, one aged 21, have been discharged from hospital after suffering minor gunshot injuries.
Police say a silver Vauxhall Vectra was used in the drive-by and want to hear from anyone who saw it in the area before the shooting.
Dramatic images of the aftermath of the attack were captured moments after the gangs clashed on Brunswick Street.
The photographs - some of which are too graphic to print at this sensitive time - show the chaos in the immediate wake of the killing, with worried residents treating one of the victims before paramedics took over.
Others, clutching their heads in their hands, look in horror and disbelief at the carnage around them.
One resident said she was terrified to leave her home.
"I was frightened to leave the house and still am because I heard the gun shots - once something like that happens you think the worst. I didn't know whether anybody else out there had guns.
"I saw the aftermath - a man lying in the road and one man stood up bleeding from his body.
"Lots of people came out and crowded around the man on the ground. There were people giving him first aid and trying to help before police and the ambulances arrived. It was shocking."
Chief Superintendent Paul Broadbent, responsible for the policing of Sheffield, dismissed residents' fears the shooting was the escalation of increasing tensions between groups of Somali and Jamaican youths in Broomhall.
Instead he said it was an "isolated" and "targeted" attack carried out by one Sheffield gang on another. He said neither gang was from Broomhall.
One man has been arrested in connection with the incident, but police have said he is not "a principal suspect".
Chf Supt Broadbent confirmed: "There was an isolated, targeted attack involving two small groups of people who happened to be in the Broomhall area at the time of the incident.
We believe this was gang-related.
"We are in the early stages of the investigation and there is much to do and much to come out.
"During the attack at least one firearm was discharged and a young adult male received a fatal shot.
"I am satisfied two groups of men were involved in criminal activity and, as a result of that, one lad has lost his life."
He said he was keeping an "open mind " about the motive but would be looking at drugs, among other possibilities, as a possible explanation.
The crime scene and surrounding streets remained under police guard yesterday while detectives carried out door-to-door inquiries and forensic officers scoured the area for evidence.
Detectives want to hear from anyone in the area at the time of the attack or anyone with information about those responsible.
Call police on 0114 2202020 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
MORE ABOUT THE BROOMHALL SHOOTING:
Shocking reality of Sheffield gun crime
Chaotic scenes after shootings
The seventh gun death in as many years
'We will find you' warning from police to crime gangs
Armed police outside hospital to guard surviving victims
Gang shooting victim named
Sheffield's latest victim of gang warfare
Condolences: James Kamara
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