Police are appealing for information, witnesses and dash cam footage following a shooting in Stevenage on Wednesday (September 6).

At around 615pm on Wednesday, 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) driving northbound towards Stevenage.

At around 630pm, both vehicles exited the motorway at Junction 7 (Stevenage) and the Mercedes was then involved in a collision with a private ambulance on the roundabout above the A1(M). Nobody was injured in the collision. 

The Mercedes and van travelled on into Stevenage, along Lytton Way, and past the police station where gunshots were reportedly heard. Lytton Way was subsequently closed to allow a full investigation to be carried out. 

As Nub News reported one man was taken to hospital with serious but not life-threatening injuries, believed to have been sustained prior to this incident.  

A 50-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of firearms offences. He remains in police custody at this time.

Detective Inspector Iain Macpherson, from the Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire Major Crime Unit, said: "This is a complex investigation and we are carrying out extensive enquiries. I would like to reassure the public that those involved are believed to be known to each other and we do not believe there to be a wider risk to the public.  

"I am asking any witnesses or anyone with information to get in touch. We have not yet managed to trace the green Mercedes 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.

"If you were driving along the A414 or the A1(M) at this time on Wednesday 6 September and have a dash cam, please check it and get in touch if you spot the vehicles.

"Finally, we appreciate the road closure would have caused disruption and I would like to thank the public for their patience whilst this was ongoing." 

You can report information online at herts.police.uk/report, speak to an operator in our Force Communications Room via our online web chat at herts.police.uk/contact or call the non-emergency number 101, quoting crime reference 41/71924/23.