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'They've got a gun' - Resident heard screaming during Shrewsbury shooting outside Co-op store

Witnesses have told how they heard a gunshot, screams and shouting as violence exploded on a Shrewsbury street.

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Police forensics officers were at the scene in Shrewsbury

A normally busy mini shopping centre was closed down for the day and surrounded by police tape on Friday after the shooting off Mytton Oak Road in Copthorne.

The sealed off shopping centre

One man, aged 23, suffered a minor injury after police say when a firearm was discharged at about 7pm on Thursday.

A 35-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of possessing a firearm with intent to cause fear and is in police custody.

West Mercia Police received a number of 999 calls at about 7pm on Thursday reporting that two men were fighting on Mytton Oak Road.

The local shopping centre, housing a Co-op and Post Office and five other shop premises was sealed off all day on Friday to allow forensic officers to collect evidence.

A forensics officer at the scene

One white suited forensics specialist concentrated on an area underneath the first floor Flair Hairdressing Salon and next to the Extra Care charity shop.

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