Four arrested after Nottingham police officer shot in foot

Four people have been arrested after a male police officer was shot in the foot in Nottingham city centre.

The injured officer is male, the BBC reported.

The shooting occurred at 4.50am on Sunday in Angel Row, according to The Guardian. Nottinghamshire Police dates the Angel Row incident to 18 October and places it in the city centre. The officer had approached two suspects in the early hours of Sunday morning before he was hit, according to the force's account of the encounter. He was struck by a projectile that investigators believe was fired from a shotgun, the force said.

The two suspects fled the scene in Angel Row after the shooting, sparking a nationwide police search, according to police.

Nottinghamshire Police said on Monday the injured officer remained in hospital in a stable condition.

A 27-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm with intent and possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life, police said. A 24-year-old man and a 25-year-old woman were arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender after police stopped their car in the Radford area of Nottingham on Sunday night, police said. A 30-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender after police stopped a car in Bedfordshire in the early hours of Monday, police said.

All four arrested people were in police custody being questioned by detectives. Assistant Chief Constable Claire Rukas, of Nottinghamshire Police, has provided the force's public updates on the investigation and the arrests.