Gun crime

11 blank-firing guns have been permanently removed from the streets of Lancashire as part of a national firearms amnesty.

Illegal guns taken off the streets

At 1.24pm on New Year's Eve police were called to Birch Green Road, Skelmersdale, to a report that a firearm had been pointed towards a BMW car.

Breaking Man and teen arrested on suspicion of robbery

Police have issued an update after reports a gun was pointed at a BMW car on Birch Green Road in Skelmersdale.

Police issue update after gun incident in Skelmersdale

Gunman shoots victim before he’s arrested by armed police.

Watch: Gunman shoots victim before he’s arrested by armed police

Chilling moment thug fires shotgun inside computer shop

Jailed: axe-wielding thug fires shotgun inside computer shop

CCTV captures the moment three mourners are shot in a drive-by shooting at a funeral.

Watch: Three mourners are shot in drive-by shooting at funeral

Gun crime

Lancashire sees jump in firearm offences to highest rate since 2010/11

CCTV captures two men creeping up on the parked car

CCTV shows machete thug get shot in chest as he attacks rival

A man firing shots at a house in Brookvale Road, Olton.

Terrifying moment gunman starts taking shots at house in leafy suburb

Tyjon Cogger & Saabir Mohamed pull into the car park where Saabir Mohamed opens fire with a sawn-off shotgun.

Watch: Chilling moment a gunman opens fire with sawn-off shotgun

Deraj Meade being arrested by armed police.

Watch: Armed police tackle gunman who opened fire outside nightclub

Callum Groves, Joshua Woods, and Jack Weston charged a convenience store and threatened a shopkeeper.

Watch: Three armed robbers threaten shopkeeper with BB gun and knife

Ashirie Smith dances and poses with a gun.

Watch: Teen dances at home and poses with a gun 'boasting to friends'

Ricardo Anderson shot at a car in a busy Tottenham street.

Terrifying moment crowds scatter as gunman opens fire in street

Hayden Frost lurks in the bushes next to a pub in Stechford, Birmingham.

CCTV captures 'calculated' shooting before gunman flees on e-bike

Murder victim Marc Webley posted a video saying ‘me and my brothers will be remembered for being violent’ days before shooting.

Murder victim posted 'come and get it' video days before shooting
Murder victim Marc Webley posted a video saying ‘me and my brothers will be remembered for being violent’ days before being gunned down
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Martinho De Sousa (L), Tireq McIntosh (C), Kian Durnin (R) have been jailed for a total of 69 years for shooting children in a Wolverhampton playground. Picture: West Midlands Police

Dramatic moment gunmen who shot children in playground were arrested

Tupac Shakur in a scene from the film 'Gridlock'd', 1997. (Photo by Gramercy Pictures/Getty Images)

Breaking Duane “Keffe D” Davis charged with shooting Tupac dead

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