A man convicted over a shooting in a busy Leeds street on a Sunday afternoon last summer has been given an extended sentence of more than 18 years.<br /><br />Police were alerted to the incident in Stainbeck Road, Meanwood, by the ambulance service at about 2.45pm on Sunday, August 11, last year.<br /><br />The victim, a 27-year-old man, had been shot in the chest and was rushed to hospital for emergency treatment.<br /><br />The bullet was found to have gone through the right side of his chest and exited his right arm without causing any life threatening or life changing injuries.<br /><br />The incident was treated as attempted murder and detectives from West Yorkshire Police Homicide and Major Enquiry Team launched an investigation.<br /><br />It was established that, prior to the shooting, there had been a disturbance in the street between two groups of males across the road from the Morrisons Daily store in Stainbeck Road, near to the junction with Stainbeck Avenue.<br /><br />A male had then arrived on an e-bike which he dropped to the ground before producing a handgun and firing it, hitting the victim.<br /><br />The gunman then went after the victim’s group as they ran from the scene.<br /><br />Detectives carried out extensive enquiries in the area, which included a comprehensive trawl of CCTV cameras to trace the victim’s movements on the day.<br /><br />From this, they identified Mohammed Shakeel Malik as a suspect.
