Overview
- A shot was reported outside York Mosque and Islamic Centre on Bull Lane in the early hours of Thursday at about 2.19am, prompting an immediate police response.
- Officers traced a silver vehicle that had left the scene and arrested a 44-year-old man from York who remains in custody for questioning.
- North Yorkshire Police say the weapon is believed to have been an air rifle and that no one was injured in the incident.
- Police have put a cordon and high-visibility reassurance patrols in place, will meet the mosque’s imam and are asking anyone with CCTV, doorbell or dashcam footage to contact them using reference 12260145924.
- Mosque leaders cancelled a scheduled community kitchen, praised the member who called police and urged calm, noting this is the first incident of this kind at the mosque in more than 30 years.