FOUR men have been arrested and one man has suffered serious head and leg injuries following a shooting in Shipley.

The incident was reported in West Royd Drive at just after 10.40pm last night.

Armed officers went to the scene and found an abandoned Mitsubishi Shogun with damage, which police say was consistent with a shooting. 

Shortly afterwards a 29-year-old man from Shipley attended at the scene with injuries.

He was taken to hospital suffering from serious head and leg injuries. These are not believed to be life threatening.

His injuries were not thought to be as a result of the shooting, but he was arrested on suspicion of firearms offences.

A further three men, aged 28, 31 and 32, were arrested on suspicion of violent disorder.

They remain in custody today and enquiries are continuing, a West Yorkshire Police spokesman said.  

A West Royd Drive resident, who did not wish to be named, told the T&A he was getting into a car with his aunt when he saw three four-wheel-drive vehicles speeding up the street.

He said: "I saw one of the jeeps starting to reverse, it started shooting at another jeep and lost control and went through a garden and hit a wooden fence.

"I didn't see it happening but came back up the road and saw the jeep in the garden.

"I heard three gun shots and turned down the radio in my car. I heard quite loud bangs.

"I was a bit shook up and scared by it."

Police remained at the scene this morning and cordoned off both West Royd Drive and a section of West Royd Crescent.

Broken glass and other car debris littered the road on West Royd Crescent, and on West Royd Drive a Mitsubishi Shogun came to rest in a garden having smashed through a wooden fence.

Police placed yellow cones in the road in West Royd Drive to mark evidence.

Detective Superintendent Pat Twiggs, of the Homicide and Major Enquiries Team, said: “Our enquiries are at an early stage, but we believe this was a targeted attack and there is not thought to be a wider risk to the public.

“We take incidents involving firearms extremely seriously and have increased patrols in the area today to reassure residents.”

One reader posted on the Telegraph & Argus's Facebook page: "Just happened on West Royd Drive. Gun shots the lot."

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Another person posted on Facebook to say: "Actually feeling really scared after this shooting on my street, state of panic."

Anyone who may have information about this incident is asked to call the Homicide and Major Enquiries Team on 101, quoting log 2063 of August 30, or call Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555111.