"On Christmas Day, just before midnight at 11.27pm, emergency services responded to Wilfred Drive in Darnall after a 20-year-old man was reported to have been shot in his chest. The victim was taken to hospital, where he remains in a critical, life-threatening condition. Following the incident, detectives immediately began working at pace to understand the circumstances and quickly had four men arrested in connection to the incident."
"It's such a shock. Nobody deserves this to happen to them, whatever he has got himself mixed-up in. This is a safe place. You can go about your business, no problem. But things just get out o hand with disagreements. I don't understand it."
"This is an abhorrent incident that has left a man fighting for his life. Gun crime poses a great threat to the safety and wellbeing of our community, putting innocent people at risk of being caught up in an off"
A 20-year-old man was shot in the chest on Wilfred Drive in Darnall, Sheffield, just before midnight on Christmas Day. The victim was taken to hospital and remains in a critical, life-threatening condition. Detectives arrested four men aged 20, 22, 28 and 29 on suspicion of attempted murder, and they remain in custody. Police cordoned off Wilfred Drive and a 100m stretch of Wilfrid Road, with officers guarding either end of the scene. Local residents expressed shock and prayers were said for the victim at a mosque across the road. Officials described the incident as abhorrent and warned about the threat of gun crime.
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