Six arrested in connection with shooting incident

Five men and a women were picked up in the Upper Wortley Road area of the town on Friday evening.

It follows reports of shots being fired at about 11pm in the Burncross road area of Chapeltown in Sheffield.

A police spokeswoman said: “Officers were immediately deployed to secure a scene and conduct searches in the surrounding areas.

“Six people, five men and one woman, were arrested in connection with the incident a short while later in the Upper Wortley Road area of Rotherham.”

A 24-year-old woman and the five men — two aged 23 and the others aged 21, 22, 24 — were all arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit murder and taken in to police custody.

No injuries were reported.

Det Sgt Andy Shields said: “The investigation is in the very early stages and while we have made arrests, I would urge anyone who has any information to please come forward and make contact with police.

“There will be additional patrols in the Chapeltown area and a more visible police presence to provide reassurance to the local community, and if anyone has concerns I would encourage them to please get in touch.”

If anyone has any information or concerns, they should call police on 101 quoting incident number 1325 of 15 July 2016.

Alternatively, you can call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111.