Second arrest in Pc shooting

12 April 2012

Detectives hunting a gunman who shot a policewoman in the leg have made a second arrest, Lancashire police said.

The 37-year-old, from the Manchester area, was detained on Monday on a railway line close to where dog handler Katie Johnson, 29, was shot as she responded to a robbery in Bamber Bridge, near Preston.

A police spokesman said: "The man, and another man who was detained earlier, are being held at Leyland police station for questioning on suspicion of attempted murder and armed robbery."

Miss Johnson, who has worked for Lancashire Police for six years, was called to the scene on Brindle Road at 8.15am on Monday after receiving a report of a robbery at the Hospital Inn public house.

She was shot in the thigh by a masked man fleeing the scene and was taken to hospital along with the pub's chef who sustained head injuries during an assault inside the premises.

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