Map shows ten Doncaster shootings currently being investigated by police

This map shows the shocking string of ten shootings currently being investigated by Doncaster police following a wave of violence.
The shootings being probed by police in DoncasterThe shootings being probed by police in Doncaster
The shootings being probed by police in Doncaster

A feud which has led to ten shootings in Doncaster in three months has seen a number of arrests, weapons seized and police probing an unprecedented scale of violence.

Here’s the timeline of all the Doncaster shootings which police have connected and which are currently under investigation.

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March 29: Shots are fired at a house in Broxholme Lane, Wheatley. Windows are broken in the night time attack

April 12: A house in Maple Avenue, Cantley, is attacked by gunmen. Armed response officers are deployed and two people are arrested at the scene on suspicion of possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life.

A short time later, officers receive reports of an abandoned vehicle, a blue Subaru Forester on Mill Street, Armthorpe. A number of weapons are located at the scene.

April 29: A house and three cars in Malvern Road, Intake are shot at. No one is injured in the incident.

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May 6: A man, 30, is seriously injured in a shooting at a house in Aldesworth Road, Cantley with Graham Del Mar, 52, charged with attempted murder.

A 15-year-old boy and two men aged 18 and 27, who were arrested are released under investigation.

May 16: Residents living in Thorne Road and Winchester Avenue, Wheatley report hearing a ‘volley of gunfire’ as windows are shot throught at another property.

May 18: Shots are fired at the house on Aldesworth Road again, and the property set alight. A car parked outside the house is also damaged.

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May 20: A house in Barnby Dun Road, Wheatley is sealed off after a house and car are fired at by men with guns

May 21: A number of properties in Exeter Road, Wheatley have windows shattered after men open fire in the street.

June 6: A 15 and 16 year old are arrested after shots are fired at a house in Thorpehall Road, Edenthorpe.

June 10: Shots are fired at a house in Chalmers Drive, Clay Lane following an earlier incident in which drivers of cars faced off with weapons following a collision.

Anyone with information can contact South Yorkshire Police on 101 or CrimeStoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.