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Woman, 27, charged after police officer shot in Nottingham

The Independent·Stanley Murphy-Johns·8 days ago
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A woman has been charged in connection with the shooting of a police officer in Nottingham city centre on Sunday.

Aisha Zaman, 27, of Collison Street, Hyson Green, has been charged with possession of a prohibited firearm and possession of that firearm with intent to commit an indictable offence, Nottinghamshire Police said.

She has been remanded into custody and will appear before Nottingham Magistrates' Court on Friday.

The incident happened at a bus stop in Angel Row at around 4.50am on Sunday.

The officer approached two people acting suspiciously and received a gunshot wound to the foot.

He remains in hospital receiving treatment.

The force said officers stopped a vehicle in the Radford area of the city on Sunday evening and arrested a 27-year-old woman on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm with intent and possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life.

A 24-year-old man and a 25-year-old woman inside the vehicle were also arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender, police…

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