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Woman killed in bar shooting was innocent bystander

Hayley CoyleYorkshire
News imageOli Constable/BBC Blue and white police tape stretches across a city centre street. behind the tape, two police vans and a police car are parked , blocking the junction to a side street. The bar is a three-storey red brick building with floor to ceiling windows at ground level and two rows of four standard windows on the floors above. The next building along the street is a modern seven-storey block of apartments with glass-fronted balconies. It is a sunny day with a blue sky.Oli Constable/BBC
The shooting happened outside One Four One on West Street on Monday

A woman who died after being shot outside a bar in Sheffield city centre was an innocent bystander, police said.

The 30-year-old was found with serious injuries outside One Four One on West Street at about 02:45 BST on Monday and later died in hospital.

Ch Supt Jamie Henderson, of South Yorkshire Police, said the victim, from Sheffield, was on a night out to celebrate the bank holiday and the force was "working around the clock" to ensure everyone involved was identified.

Three people were arrested in connection with the incident. A 30-year-old man and a 32-year-old woman were held near Stockport, Greater Manchester, and a 30-year-old man was arrested in Sheffield. They remain in custody.

While the woman is yet to be named by police, her family have been informed.

Henderson said: "An innocent woman who should have been able to safely enjoy her night out here in Sheffield has been killed and her loved ones have been left to face a heartbreaking reality that they will never see her again.

"Gun crime devastates."

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