Man in court after "firearm" was shot from the window a block of flats in Portsmouth
A man is due in court following reports of a firearm being fired twice from the window of a block of flats in Somerstown.
Mark Raymond Fogg, 37, of Tyseley Road is due at Portsmouth Magistrates Court today (Monday, March 2) charged with firing an air weapon beyond premises, possession with intent to supply a controlled drug of Class A – Heroin and of possession with intent to supply a controlled drug of Class A - Cocaine.
It follows the incident at Wilmcote House on Tyseley Road where police received reports of a firearm being fired twice from the flats at around 5.29pm on Saturday (February 28), resulting in a cordon being put in place.
Officers from Hampshire Police’s Armed Response Vehicle unit attended the scene and arrested three people as well as seized an imitation firearm from the address.
Hampshire Police have said that a 38-year-old woman from Portsmouth arrested on suspicion of possession with intent to supply a controlled drug of Class A – Heroin and possession with intent to supply a controlled drug of Class A – Cocaine has been released under investigation.
A 15-year-old boy from Portsmouth, who was arrested on suspicion of possession with intent to supply a controlled drug of Class A and possession of a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence, has been bailed with conditions until May 28 whilst enquiries continue.