Gunman shoots at Keighley Private-Hire firm’s office
Police are investigating after a mystery gunman opened fire on a private-hire office in Keighley.
A single shot was fired through the window of the Central Private Hire premises at 1.45am yesterday.
The private hire office is located on the forecourt of Keighley’s railway station, a busy town centre location.
Although the premises were occupied at the time of the terrifying attack, no-one was injured.
Shortly afterwards a burnt-out vehicle was discovered in a nearby street, but police investigating the gun attack said they were still determining whether the car was linked to the shooting.
A large part of the station forecourt was sealed off yesterday morning as detectives continued their inquiries into the shooting.
The former owner of the private hire business, P Sakinder, was at the taped-off scene.
He said: “Someone shot through the window. The office was manned but fortunately nobody was hurt. We are just waiting for the police forensic people to come.”
Police are appealing for anyone with information, or who may have seen anything suspicious in the railway station area at about the time of the incident, to phone them on 0845 6060606 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555111.
About 10 minutes after the shooting, the fire service was called out to deal with the burning car in nearby Pittp Street. The vehicle was destroyed.
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I wonder if they tracked down the former owner of the burnt out vehicle to see what their opinion is