A man convicted over a shooting in a busy Leeds street on a Sunday afternoon last summer has been given an extended sentence of more than 18 years.
Police were alerted to the incident in Stainbeck Road, Meanwood, by the ambulance service at about 2.45pm on Sunday, August 11, last year.
The victim, a 27-year-old man, had been shot in the chest and was rushed to hospital for emergency treatment.
The bullet was found to have gone through the right side of his chest and exited his right arm without causing any life threatening or life changing injuries.
The incident was treated as attempted murder and detectives from West Yorkshire Police Homicide and Major Enquiry Team launched an investigation.
It was established that, prior to the shooting, there had been a disturbance in the street between two groups of males across the road from the Morrisons Daily store in Stainbeck Road, near to the junction with Stainbeck Avenue.
A male had then arrived on an e-bike which he dropped to the ground before producing a handgun and firing it, hitting the victim.
The gunman then went after the victim’s group as they ran from the scene.
Detectives carried out extensive enquiries in the area, which included a comprehensive trawl of CCTV cameras to trace the victim’s movements on the day.
From this, they identified Mohammed Shakeel Malik as a suspect.
