Video taking off 20x its usual first day

Sawn-off shotgun left on Angel Row after Nottingham officer is shot

The Mirror's Short moves from a bystander's phone footage of the wounded officer to forensic teams photographing the weapon in daylight.

Channel:

The Mirror Story of October 20, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 53,893 views a day, 20 times a normal first day on this channel (2,756).

Footage shows aftermath after policeman shot in Nottingham with SHOTGUN

A police officer was shot in Nottingham city centre at 4.50am on October 19, after he approached a man and a woman on Angel Row. The Mirror's Short reconstructs what followed, from the first minutes in the dark to the forensic work after sunrise.

It opens on mobile phone footage filmed by a bystander, heard off camera. The officer lies on the street while colleagues and passers-by help him. The video then cuts to daylight behind police tape, where a sawn-off shotgun lies on the pavement beside evidence markers. Investigators in white suits photograph the scene and bag items.

Nottinghamshire Police said the pair fled after the shooting and that a gun was recovered. The officer was being treated in hospital for a wound to his foot. At the time of the report, officers were still looking for the two suspects and asked the public for information.

Assistant Chief Constable Claire Rukas called it "a shocking incident and a sobering reminder of the potential dangers faced by officers as they work to protect and serve the public."

The Short has drawn far more viewers than the channel's Shorts usually do, and its comment section has been much busier than usual. Many commenters ask how the public can help when the police appeal gives no description of the suspects.

Published on Trari