Fresh appeal over fatal shooting of young dad in Sheffield
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Police have made a fresh appeal for information over the death of a father-of-two who was killed in a shooting.
Nineteen-year-old Kevin Pokuta died a day after being shot in Page Hall Road, Sheffield, on 12 December.
South Yorkshire Police have to date arrested nine people in connection with the incident.
On Friday, detectives issued a new appeal to witnesses to come forward to "help us secure justice for Kevin and his heartbroken family".
Mr Pokuta died in hospital on 13 December, the day after the attack, leaving behind two children aged two and seven months.
Since his death, six men aged 21, 23, 24, 25, 26 and 41 have been arrested on suspicion of murder, according to South Yorkshire Police.
Two women aged 38 and 20 have been arrested for assisting an offender.
They have all been released on police bail while enquiries continue.
On Thursday, officers arrested a 23-year-old woman from Chapeltown on suspicion of assisting an offender.
She has also been released on bail pending further inquiries.
Det Ch Insp Joanne Kemp said: "This devastating incident has resulted in the loss of a much-loved young man.
"Kevin was just 19 years old and his death has left a baby and a toddler without a father, and a young woman without her partner."
She urged anyone with information about the shooting to come forward and said officers would be conducting extra patrols in the area on Friday.
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