A DRIVE-BY shooting in Athersley North has left the community stunned.
Police are investigating after a white VW Golf was shot at on Newstead Road before it crashed into a van.
Officers received several calls at about 2.15pm on Monday from concerned residents who reported the occupants of a white Transit van had fired shots towards the Golf.
The driver of the Golf was then in collision with another van at the roundabout near Sainsbury’s.
One man who lives on Newstead Road described how he ran into his house to protect his children.
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