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A gunman opened fire on the boy from a moving car in the Arbourthorne area of Sheffield city on Sunday. Photograph: Britpix/Alamy Stock Photo
A gunman opened fire on the boy from a moving car in the Arbourthorne area of Sheffield city on Sunday. Photograph: Britpix/Alamy Stock Photo

Man charged after boy, 12, injured in drive-by shooting in Sheffield

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Stephen Dunford charged with attempted murder after the youth was injured in the Arbourthorne area of the city

A man has been charged with attempted murder after a 12-year-old boy was injured in a drive-by shooting in Sheffield.

Stephen Dunford, of Fellbrigg Road, Sheffield, has also been charged with possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life and has been remanded into custody to appear at Sheffield magistrates court on Saturday.

The boy was left needing surgery to a gunshot wound to his left thigh after he was hit when a gunman opened fire from a moving car in the Arbourthorne area of the city on Sunday.

He remains in a stable condition in hospital.

Police said the boy and three of his friends - aged 13, 15 and 16 - were outside a sandwich shop on Northern Avenue when the incident happened at around 3.45pm.

Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact police.

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