Overview

• The Toyota RAV4 was found abandoned on Wednesday evening at a Wakefield address and has been taken by crime scene investigators.
• The vehicle, described as blue-grey with bull lights and cloned plates FV53 FXT, was stolen in a Castleford burglary on August 3.
• Police launched Operation Ploughland after a drive-by shooting on Doncaster Road near the BP petrol station killed a local man in his 50s on the night of August 12.
• West Yorkshire Police have kept the A638 closed and bolstered neighbourhood patrols while appealing for dashcam footage and witnesses.
• No arrests have been made and detectives urge anyone with information to contact the Homicide and Major Enquiry Team.