{"id":542457,"date":"2026-04-21T07:46:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T07:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/542457\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T07:46:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T07:46:07","slug":"attempted-murder-arrest-after-man-shot-in-lechlade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/542457\/","title":{"rendered":"Attempted murder arrest after man shot in Lechlade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Police said it was understood the suspect initially tried to leave the scene in a vehicle but fled on foot after colliding with parked vehicles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It was also understood those involved were known to each other, and a firearm was recovered at the scene, the force said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Acting Det Insp Sophie Dawkins said: &#8220;This is a worrying incident and no doubt will have caused a lot of concern in the community, especially during the time while officers were searching for the suspect.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Dawkins said that, while the investigation was in its early stages, police were not looking for anyone else in connection with it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Those living nearby will see an enhanced police presence over the coming days and we&#8217;d encourage anyone with concerns to speak to officers in the area,&#8221; she added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Anyone with information, dashcam, CCTV or mobile phone footage has also been encouraged to contact police.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police said it was understood the suspect initially tried to leave the scene in a vehicle but fled&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":542458,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-542457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=542457"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542457\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/542458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=542457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=542457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=542457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}