Second man charged after ‘gunshots’ heard in incident in Stevenage
A second man has been charged after a crash in Stevenage led to "gunshots" being fired last week. Terry Holmes, 31, of Stevenage, was charged on Wednesday (September 13) with attempted murder, possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life and dangerous driving.
He has been remanded in police custody and will appear at Hatfield Remand Court on Thursday (September 14). The incident occurred at around 6.15pm on Wednesday, September 6 last week, when two vehicles are understood to have been driving "erratically" along the A414 from the direction of Essendon towards the A1(M).
The vehicles – a green Mercedes and a white flatbed van – then entered onto the motorway at Junction 6 (Welwyn), where they drove northbound towards Stevenage[1]. Both vehicles exited the motorway at Junction 7 (Stevenage) at around 6.30pm, and the Mercedes was subsequently involved in a crash with a private ambulance on the roundabout above the A1(M).
Nobody was injured in the crash, however the Mercedes and van travelled on into Stevenage, along Lytton Way, and past the police station where "gunshots" were reportedly heard[2]. Lytton Way was subsequently closed to allow a full investigation[3] to be carried out.
One man was taken to hospital with "serious" but not life-threatening injuries, believed to have been sustained before the incident. This comes after a man has been charged and two more people had been arrested after the incident[5].
Tom Harber, aged 50, of Essendon, has been charged with attempted murder, possession of a firearms with intent to cause fear/violence, dangerous driving and failing to stop at the scene of a collision. He has been remanded into custody ahead of a plea hearing at Cambridge Crown Court on Monday 9 October.
A 25-year-old man from Basildon has also been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. Detective Inspector Iain Macpherson, from the Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire Major Crime Unit, said: “We hope the public feel reassured to know that a second person has been charged.
“Those involved are believed to be known to each other and our investigation is ongoing so please get in touch if you have information or saw what happened.
“The green Mercedes remains outstanding and we are particularly keen to hear from anybody who thinks they have seen it. It has a registration ending in WUG. Please do not approach if you do see this vehicle but call 999 immediately.”
You can report information online here[6], speak to an operator in Herts Police Force's Communications Room via their online web chat here[7] or call the non-emergency number 101, quoting crime reference 41/71924/23. Alternatively, you can stay completely anonymous by contacting the independent charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 or via their untraceable online form here[8].
References
- ^ Stevenage (www.hertfordshiremercury.co.uk)
- ^ "gunshots" were reportedly heard (www.hertfordshiremercury.co.uk)
- ^ investigation (www.hertfordshiremercury.co.uk)
- ^ Man needed hospital treatment after dog acted 'dangerously out of control' (www.hertfordshiremercury.co.uk)
- ^ a man has been charged and two more people had been arrested after the incident (www.hertfordshiremercury.co.uk)
- ^ here (herts.police.uk)
- ^ here (herts.police.uk)
- ^ here (crimestoppers-uk.org)