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A 15-year-old boy was in critical condition at the hospital last night after being shot in the face on his way to school.
The alleged attacker, believed to be an old friend, is said to have been waiting outside the teenager’s home.
The anonymous Year 11 student had returned to school for the first time since the confinement when he was shot in the jaw, according to witnesses.
The gunman is said to be a fellow student at school. Last night, the police were questioning a 15-year-old man arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.
The shooting occurred at 8.40am in an upscale area of Kesgrave, near Ipswich, Suffolk. Paramedics spent 90 minutes fighting to help the boy before he was flown to Addenbrooke Hospital in Cambridge.
A teenager (pictured) was arrested by police after a 15-year-old boy was shot on his way to school in front of terrified pupils near Ipswich today.
The alleged attacker, believed to be an old friend, is believed to have hidden in a backyard behind an animal enclosure moments after the attack in Kesgrave, Suffolk.
The suspect was photographed getting into a police car in handcuffs less than six miles from the Kesgrave shooting. In the photo: Police outside a property near the scene of the shooting.
A witness said the boy was not disturbed by the armed officers who rushed to his car, which was seen driving moments earlier, to arrest him. In the photo: the police stop a convertible car. It is not clear if this car is connected to the shooting.
Friends described the victim, a Kesgrave High School student, as a ‘lovely boy’ and a ‘normal boy’ who enjoyed being a scout and music.
Witnesses claimed that the two children used to be friends, but had quarreled.
Two hours after the attack, armed police pounced on the alleged assailant in another part of Kesgrave. Residents described their surprise when a dozen firearms officers pounced with dogs.
The boy was said to have been found hiding in a convertible car belonging to his father in front of a large single-family home.
Police were seen stopping a convertible car. It is not clear if this car is connected to the shooting.
Witnesses say the arrested teenager, who witnesses say hid in a backyard behind an animal enclosure moments after the attack, was driving his father’s car when police stopped him outside an address five miles from the school. . In the photo: Police outside a property in Ipswich.
This afternoon, police maintained a visible presence outside the high school (pictured), which is about four miles from the center of Ipswich city, with four uniformed officers standing at the main gates.
The property owner said: ‘I heard this great commotion. Dogs barking, cops yelling, and smashing convertible windows. I didn’t want to go out. There were between 10 and 12 officers with firearms. I was totally surrounded. I saw him being stopped by the police around 11 in the morning.
‘He was wearing sweatpants and a sweatshirt. He said nothing. I had seen that car early in the morning around 9am parked outside my house, but there was no one in it then. I didn’t see the gun, but the police forensics are still searching the car.
The suspect was handcuffed to a police car.
Police officers and teachers outside Kesgrave High School, the school attended by a 15-year-old boy who was shot.
Suffolk police confirmed that shortly before 1 p.m. a teenager, whose age has not been confirmed, was arrested and is currently being questioned. In the photo: Kesgrave Police
Police at the scene of the incident at Grange Farm, Kesgrave, which is east of Ipswich
Police officers conduct a search on Friends Walk, Kesgrave, Suffolk, where they shot a 15-year-old Kesgrave High School student
Officers were investigating last night whether he drove to the scene before fleeing despite not being old enough to drive.
Another resident said the suspected gunman hid in his backyard but escaped before armed police arrived.
He said, ‘They woke me up because my dogs were freaking out in the back of the house.’ He added that the suspect had a hoodie over his arm that hid everything he was wearing.
Last night a friend of the victim’s family said: ‘He is completely normal, he does Scouts, he has piano and guitar lessons. He is literally a completely normal, straight and genuine child. It’s so random for me. When I found out, I thought it might be a random step like in America.
The victim’s parents, who work in the tech industry, and other members of his family were said to be devastated.
A mother of a student at the school wrote on Facebook: ‘My daughter and friends were walking to school and heard what exactly sounded like a gunshot. So many people [were] screaming and a lady saying “Run! Someone has been shot ”. I had four terrified children who ran back to mine.
Last night, police said they are not looking for anyone else for the attack.
Education Secretary Gavin Williamson told the Commons: “Our thoughts are with the young man, his family and the entire school community at this very difficult time.”
