Leeds shooting: Man suffers serious leg injury
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Police said the shooting in Charlton Road was a "targeted attack"
Detectives investigating the shooting of a man in Leeds say they are treating it as a murder attempt.
A 21-year-old man suffered a serious leg injury during the "targeted attack" on Charlton Road, East End Park, just after 13:00 BST on Sunday.
A car believed to be involved was set alight later the same day in the Little London area of the city and a number of males were seen running away.
Officers have appealed for witnesses to either incident to come forward.
West Yorkshire Police said firefighters were called to Well Close Rise at about 23:30 after a blue Nissan Juke was set on fire. Witnesses have described seeing a number of people fleeing the scene.
A police cordon has been put in place in the area while investigations into the shooting continue.
Det Ch Insp Vanessa Rolfe said: "The criminal use of firearms on our streets is completely unacceptable and we are continuing to carry out extensive enquiries to establish the full circumstances surrounding the targeted shooting of this man, and to identify and arrest those responsible.
"We would still like to hear from anyone who witnessed the shooting itself in Charlton Road or who has seen the blue Nissan Juke being abandoned and set alight in Well Close Rise or the males running off from the scene."
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