It has now been confirmed that a shooting that took place next to a skate park is being treated as a targeted attack.
Lancashire Police confirmed officers were called to Birch Green Road in Skelmersdale at 6.11pm yesterday (Wednesday, November 9) over reports of a gun being fired. A man in his 30s was found with a gunshot wound to his leg and was taken to hospital where he is being treated. His injury is not thought to be life-threatening.
The police force has now confirmed that the incident, which saw dozens of police cars descend on the housing estate, is being treated as a targeted attack. Chief Inspector Al Davies, of Lancashire Police, said: “We know that the local community will be concerned by this incident, and I want to make it very clear that gun crime will not be tolerated on our streets.
