Arrest after Thurnscoe incident in which woman shot with air rifle

A MAN has been charged following an incident in which a woman was shot with an air rifle in Thurnscoe.

Brandon Champion (28), of Windsor Street in Barnsley, has been charged with Section 18 assault, possession of an air weapon when prohibited for five years, and possession of ammunition for an air weapon when prohibited for five years.

On Tuesday September 1 at 9.50pm, police were called to reports of a person with a suspected firearm in Windsor Street, Thurnscoe.

Officers found that a woman had been shot using an air rifle and received serious injuries.

She was taken to hospital where she remains in a stable condition.

Champion has been remanded in custody and will appear before Sheffield Magistrates’ Court today (September 4).

A 26-year-old woman who was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and a 37-year-old man who was arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender, have also been bailed.