I have to say ......UK .....has become a pussy country ...once the British empire was one of the most powerful!!....as they would say ....".the sun never set on the British empire" ........and look at it now......... the cops ....... are little fucking bitches ...... powerless ..... migrant loving ....... fucking paycheck parasitical .... POS's......they favour migrants over their own ........ it's disgusting ...i have not been to UK in many years....... the last time i was there ....... the scots seemed afraid of everything ...you can't.....this and you can't say that !!!!! ,.......and companies told people to stop smoking in their own houses...... or repair men could not come fix shit!!!!! ......what happened to the brits ....... they became fucking pussies ....... with their little gardens....... and privately bought council homes .......all the football fans and so called hardmen have not come together....to beat the migrant asses ......they do a lot of marching .......flag waving .....yes and probably drinking ......and eating migrant food ....(you know the piss heads!!!...... eat khebabs /gyros....etc .......etc all foreign junk shite )....... ...but no action !!!!....flag waving is for pussies ......but hey i just seeing what i see .......you can shout and holler ....... ..it means nothing ......there is a difference by saying....... you are going to kick someone in the balls ........ and then kicking someone in the balls .......words do not hurt actions do ....simple...... simple ....... dolly dimple ......fact !.......jack !......its never working class people that commit crimes ....... its these third world ....... arrogant immigrants...... always .......and the cops do nothing !!......Britain/UK..... has become a fucking toilet !........and i personally think its done just my point .......talk is cheap ...actions speak louder than words .......as they say !!!!....
The gun crime ‘arms race’ haunting UK city as innocent locals are shot dead & shabby factories cook up knock-off weapons
SHE was an innocent young mum enjoying a rare night out with friends when she was shot down in the street – sending shockwaves and grief through Sheffield.
But the senseless murder of Shanice Brookes, 30, also shines a spotlight on the shocking problem of gun crime in the city, as warring gangs battle it out over drug deals and territorial claims. And the latest horror incident has shown how easy it is for bystanders to be caught in the crossfire.
The mum-of-one – who leaves behind a 10-year-old son – was brutally gunned down as she stood outside the One Four One late bar on West Street last month.
Residents we spoke to on the streets of Sheffield revealed how guns can be purchased for as little as £200, while thugs are also converting replica pistols and even 3D printing them.
Just three months ago twelve men were jailed for a total of 151 years for their part in one of the UK’s largest illegal gun factory operations, where blank-firing pistols were turned into deadly weapons.
Officers found 108 weapons in various states of conversion following raids in different areas of the city, between March and July 2023.
Det Ch Insp Iain Martin said such weapons made up “a large proportion of firearms discharges in South Yorkshire”, adding that these guns “would have got into the hands of violent criminals putting innocent members of the public at risk of harm.”
A gun amnesty in February this year saw more than 40 weapons handed in, with shotguns, 22 blank firing guns and 110 rounds of blank ammunition included in the haul.
While recorded firearms offences across South Yorkshire fell from 273 down to 168, in 2025, locals tell us they feel the problem is on the rise, with one pointing out that “not all gun crime is recorded”.
And in the last year there has been at least two gun incidents a month in Sheffield.
Anthony Olasiende, who runs non-profit youth organisation Always an Alternative, fears the epidemic of guns on Sheffield’s streets is getting worse, saying: “I am very saddened and shocked by the shooting of an innocent woman. This is what it has come to.
“The amount of guns we are seeing is worrying. I’m not sure of the actual statistics but it certainly feels like it’s getting worse.
“You’ve got a situation where somebody could have a knife because they’re feeling scared or for protection but, given the consequences of being caught with a firearm, the only reason you’re carrying a gun is with the intention to kill.
“These are incidents that should be resolved with a bit of fisticuffs and people are pulling out guns.
“Individuals involved in illicit activities feel a greater need for firearms for protection, especially as knife possession among youths has become widespread.
“There is an arms race where the person with the biggest knife is the one that tends to win. And a gun will always trump a knife.”
West Street, where Shanice was killed, is usually more associated with drunkenness and revellers staying out until 4am.
It is not a main retail street so its footfall is mainly for bars, takeaways, barbers and vape shops and the most notable outlet is the Job Centre that featured in the gritty comedy The Full Monty.
The only evidence that a major crime was committed here on the May 25th Bank Holiday Monday shortly before 2.45am is the sporadic presence of police walking up and down the wide tram route.
Flowers and dedications have already been taken away to make way for punters going to the bar, which closed on the following Friday as a mark of respect, and opened again on Saturday.
But a 28-year-old barworker, who works at a pub on West Street, said he could tell that people were scared.
He said: “It happened on a Bank Holiday on a week of a heatwave. We should have been rammed for that whole week but we weren’t. It is much quieter than usual. People are staying away out of fear. Nobody wants to see something like that happening where you go out.
“It has really shaken me for something like that to happen. There is generally a lot of fighting and carrying on outside that bar, it attracts that kind of crowd, but you don’t expect anything like this. It’s horrendous.
“I’m surprised it opened again when it did. It feels too soon.”
Mohammad Raza is 41 and lives in apartments overlooking the bar. He did not see or hear anything but is now so scared he has changed his route to work as a chef so he doesn’t have to walk along West Street.
He said: “There is a lot of drunkenness and fights along West Street, there is nothing I can do to stop any of this so I avoid it. I have changed my route from work, because I finish late at night, and I don’t want to clash with these people.
“I didn’t see anything but when I woke in the morning I could see something really bad had happened. It makes me feel afraid.”
Concerned optical assistant and mum Laura Fearn, 33, said: “It feels weird walking here knowing a young mum was shot and killed and it’s terrifying that it has happened to somebody like that, which means it could happen to anybody.
“As a mum I understand it must be really scary if you have 18 or 19-year-olds who want to come out drinking in town. I certainly wouldn’t come out in town on a night anymore, you hear so much about knives and guns that I wouldn’t feel safe. I’m scared of what the future will hold for my young son.”
Twenty-year-old Sheffield University students Maggie Hamish, who studies chemistry and Talulah Reynolds, who studies psychology, said they had noticed more security on campus since the shooting.
Talulah said: “The engineering campus is located behind West Street and we’ve noticed there are more security guards there. It’s exam time at the moment so there aren’t as many students around so we’re not seeing what the mood is like but it feels safer to have the upped security.”
Maggie said: “West Street by day is fairly quiet but by night it is busy and rowdy, it does feel intimidating but not any more than a woman would usually feel on a night out. Because of this we will always remain vigilant anyway. It is an older crowd that hangs about on West Street, we tend to go further down the road where the clubs are. It is so sad what has happened.”
Outside of the city centre, in some of Sheffield’s rougher areas, with eyesores of neglected housing stock, the concerns are far worse as they rack up horrifying tallies of shootings and murders.
Fearful locals are aghast that police cordons, crime scene investigators dressed in white hazmat suits and emergency vehicles with sirens blaring and blue lights flashing are becoming all too common on their neglected council estates.
Netherthorpe has been renamed Gunthorpe by locals because there have been so many recent shooting incidents – including two in one day, last December, when a gun was fired at an address with a child inside.
Another chilling incident saw 32-year-old Kassim Mohammed gunned down and killed last September.
Fifteen people have been arrested in connection with the murder but there have been no charges so far.
Seven tower blocks dominate the skyline, including one that housed gunman and gang member Ethan Hallows, who was jailed for life in January after the shooting of an innocent 19-year-old man.
Hallows was sentenced to a minimum of 33 years in prison after ordering pals to shoot dad-of-two Kevin Potuka on December 12, 2023, then fleeing the country with the help of his girlfriend.
In a deadly case of mistaken identity, Hallows and his twisted henchmen, Jake Brown and Derice Cohan, wrongly thought Pokuta’s car had been the same one that has rammed them during a failed drugs turf war mission.
There was another shooting on Christmas Day last year when a 20-year-old man was blasted in the chest in the Darnall area of the city. One man has been charged with attempted murder.
And a 16-year-old was left fighting for his life after being shot in the busy shopping street of London Road last November. One man has been charged with attempted murder, and another has been arrested, while two boys, aged 15 and 16, have been questioned in relation to the incident.
On the rundown Park Hill estate binman Kane Bellamy, 23, said: “The rise in guns is awful. It’s now the case that if you want to get a gun you can get a gun.
“You can get a firearm with an 18-bullet capacity for less than £2,000.
“There’s a lot of violence and anti-social behaviour too. Just last week I was sat outside the pub and I saw one lad being chased down the street by lads in balaclavas and a zombie knife. And the scary thing is it always seems to be kids.
“I don’t feel scared for myself but I’m scared for my little brother and sister, it’s mental.”
Over in Burngreave locals complain the real problem there is crackheads who walk the high street like zombies, nicking from shops, fighting amongst themselves and terrorising shoppers.
Soran Mahmood, 37, who works at Habibis Kurdish on the Spital Hill high street, said: “The crackheads are the problem around here. They hang about and put people off coming here to shop. The police don’t do anything to stop them. We are constantly clearing up after them and they take over and live in tents in the local park.
”It is not so frightening for me, they are more of a threat to themselves than others but some people are. They are not nice and they will still do anything for a fix after all.”
Customer Arkan Ali, 33, said: “Burngreave now has many migrants, it is a great place to come for food and to feel welcome so it doesn’t have such a problem with guns and crime now like I believe it used to.”
But a weapons bin located up a quiet street by a church tells a different story.
Chris Hill from Element Society, a charitable organisation that started in 2013 and diverts kids from violent crime in Sheffield, told how they see the worrying trend for knives and guns is spurred on by social media.
He worries about the future for vulnerable kids who can easily be lured into the criminal underworld by grooming gangs and the promise of money and he believes early intervention is essential.
He said: “A lot of attention is rightly placed on violent content online, but we also need to look at group chats, online humiliation and the way small conflicts can fester in front of an audience.
“Something that once ended at the school gate can now be filmed, shared and replayed. That can increase pressure to retaliate and make a bad situation much more dangerous.
“Knife and gun crime does not begin with a 999 call. It often starts much earlier: a child feeling unsafe, changes in friendship groups, missing school, online threats, unexplained money or phones, or a young person saying they need a knife for protection.
“Too many young people carry knives because they think it makes them safer. It does the opposite. A weapon turns fear into tragedy. It can make a fight fatal, make a child a target, and destroy two families in seconds.
“Early intervention is not soft justice. It is smart justice. Parents, schools, care providers, youth workers, police and communities need to share concerns earlier and act before someone ends up in hospital or court.”
He adds: “We need a justice system where victims are treated with dignity and crime is taken seriously. It can feel to victims and the public that the offender’s background, diagnosis or difficulties receive more attention than the harm done to the victim. That cannot be right.
“There may be reasons why a young person gets pulled into violence: fear, exploitation, trauma, poverty or lack of support. But reasons are not excuses for callous violent acts.
“You must be accountable for your actions. Understanding someone’s background should help prevent the next offence, not minimise the harm done to the victim.
“There must be clear, proportionate and consistent consequences for carrying guns, knives and threats and violence. If young people believe there are no meaningful consequences for serious behaviour, that damages trust and makes communities feel unsafe.
“The official figures matter, but recorded knife and gun crime is not the whole picture. It tells us what reaches the police and gets recorded. It does not capture every threat, every near miss, every child carrying a blade, or every victim too frightened to speak up.
“So we should be careful not to rely only on the numbers. The reality is visible to parents, schools, youth workers, hospitals and communities long before it becomes a police report.”
Owner of One Four One, Majid Khan, said: “Following discussions with South Yorkshire Police, we would like to clarify that the incident which tragically claimed the life of Shanice Brooks did not originate within bar One Four One, but was an isolated incident which took place on Eldon Street.
“Shanice was an innocent bystander, and our thoughts remain firmly with her family, friends and loved ones as they continue to come to terms with this devastating loss.
“Our sincere hope is that Shanice’s family receive the answers they deserve and, ultimately, justice for the loss of their loved one.
“Our focus remains on supporting Shanice’s family, assisting the police where required, and remembering a young mother whose life was taken far too soon.
“We will continue to maintain and robustly enforce the security measures already in place within the venue.
“These include mandatory ID checks, body and bag searches, and entry requirements designed to help protect the safety of our customers and staff.”
DCI Simon Cartwright, of South Yorkshire Police’s Armed Crime Team, said: “We cannot and will not tolerate gun crime in South Yorkshire, but in order to tackle this issue we need our communities to help us.
“So far in 2026, two people have been injured in shootings in South Yorkshire, and Shanice Brookes, who was an innocent bystander, tragically lost her life.
“We have seen a reduction in the number of firearms discharges year on year since 2020, when we launched our dedicated Armed Crime Team, but every discharge is one too many and we must do more.
“Officers and staff work around the clock to keep our communities safe. Eight firearms discharges have taken place in South Yorkshire in 2026 and we have made arrests or secured charges in every one of these investigations. But to effectively combat gun violence and the criminality that is associated with it, we must work with our communities.
“We know there are residents out there who have information that will help us to respond to and reduce gun crime, but may be reluctant to pass it on. We have a whole range of tactics, both overt and covert, to safeguard witnesses and there is also support available via partner agencies.
“If you don’t want to contact police directly, you can also pass on information to Crimestoppers. This is a charity completely independent of the police and you always remain 100 per cent anonymous.”
