{"id":68852,"date":"2026-03-12T14:32:55","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T14:32:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/?p=68852"},"modified":"2026-03-12T14:32:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T14:32:59","slug":"man-charged-after-rotherham-firearm-discharge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/2026\/03\/12\/man-charged-after-rotherham-firearm-discharge\/","title":{"rendered":"Man charged after Rotherham firearm discharge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Harrison Buckley, of Pingles Crescent, Rotherham, has been charged with possessing a firearm with the intent to endanger life after police were called on Monday.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A report was made after a gunshot was heard in the Clifton area.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Detective Inspector Matt Barnes, of South Yorkshire Police, said:\u00a0&#8220;We appreciate everyone who has already provided information to us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe continue to appeal for anyone who knows anything about this incident to come forward and report it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trained firearms officers found evidence inside a property on Middle Lane and&nbsp;a firearm has been recovered as part of the investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Buckley&nbsp;has been taken into custody and will appear at Sheffield Magistrates&#8217; Court today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police also arrested a 26-year-old man for suspected firearm possession, and he is now on bail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To report any information about this incident, you can call the South Yorkshire Police on&nbsp;101 or report it to them online via their website:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.southyorkshire.police.uk\/ro\/report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Report | South Yorkshire Police<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please quote the incident number 1074 of 9 March 2026 if  you get in touch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harrison Buckley has been charged with possessing a firearm with the intent to endanger life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":821,"featured_media":68853,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[27,21],"tags":[132,131,60],"class_list":["post-68852","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","category-news","tag-rotherham","tag-south-yorkshire","tag-south-yorkshire-police"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - 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