Woman Charged After Police Officer Shot in Nottingham City Centre
A 27-year-old woman faces multiple firearm charges after a police officer was shot in the foot during an incident in Nottingham city centre.
POLICY WIRE — Nottingham, United Kingdom — Authorities have formally charged a 27-year-old woman following the shooting of a police officer in the heart of Nottingham over the weekend.
Law enforcement officials reported that the officer sustained a gunshot wound to the foot during a weekend response in the city centre. Detectives brought forward the charges after consulting directly with the Crown Prosecution Service.
Aisha Zaman, a resident of Collison Street in the Hyson Green area, faces specific counts of possessing a prohibited firearm and holding that firearm with the intent to commit an indictable offence. Following the charges, she has been remanded into custody.
According to Nottinghamshire Police, the confrontation began in the early hours of Sunday when the victim approached two alleged assailants at a city centre bus stop in the Radford neighbourhood. Following the shooting, the suspects fled the scene.
Investigators tracked down a vehicle later that Sunday evening in the Radford district and intercepted it. Officers subsequently arrested Zaman alongside another woman and two men in connection with the violent incident.
Reporting by Policy-Wire (PW)
