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May 2022
Pinewoods gunfire: 'Children were playing - people were terrified'
A woman who heard three gunshots in the Pinewoods last night has said people were terrified when the reality of what was happening dawned on them.
The female, who lives in the Plantation area on Harlow Hill and asked not to be named, said children were playing in the woods as normal at about 5pm.
She said the three shots were fired over the space of about 15 minutes, adding:
Police arrive at the scene last night.
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North Yorkshire Police has not commented on the incident and the witness, who said she saw an officer carrying. a taser gun, said residents would have appreciated some news that the area was safe. She said:
The witness also said the gunshots were categorically not related to a training exercise at the nearby Army Foundation College, as many people have suggested on social media.
Armed police arrive.
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