Police given more time to question two men arrested following shooting in Swindon

Police have been granted more time to question two men in relation to a shooting in Gorse Hill, Swindon, on Friday night (19/06).

Officers responded to reports of a gunshot being fired in St Paul's Street, Gorse Hill just before 9pm.

A man in his 30s was taken to hospital with a suspected gunshot wound. He remains in hospital in a stable but critical condition.

Today police have been granted more time by Swindon Magistrates Court to question a 20-year-old man, arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and a 19-year-old man on suspicion of conspiracy to murder.

Six others have been released on bail pending further enquiries including:

• A 51-year-old arrested on suspicion of attempted murder 
• A 30-year-old man arrested suspicion of conspiracy to murder
• A 32-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to murder and being concerned in the supply of Class C drugs
• A 19-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender
• A 33-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender and possession with intent to supply nitrous oxide for wrongful inhalation
• A 16-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender and possession with intent to supply nitrous oxide for wrongful inhalation

If you have information that could help with our enquiries, please contact us on 101 quoting log number 416 of 19/06.

Alternatively, you can contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 11