Police name man shot dead in his car

A motorist shot dead in his car was named by police as Safrajur Rahman Jahingir.

Mr Jahingir, 23, was shot twice as he sat behind the wheel of his silver Vauxhall Corsa in the Parsons Cross area of Sheffield on Friday night, South Yorkshire Police said.

Detectives were questioning three men today in connection with his murder.

After suffering the fatal injury on Scraithwood Road, Mr Jahingir lost control of the car, drove across Herries Road - narrowly missing a bus - and crashed into bushes at around 10.45pm.

The bus driver rushed to the scene to help and was joined by a paramedic but Mr Jahingir was pronounced dead.

Yesterday, detectives had appealed for sightings of a red Seat Leon hatchback car that had been seen leaving the scene seconds after the shooting.

Police said the three men, aged 28, 33 and 36, were arrested in raids at different locations across Sheffield.

A post-mortem examination revealed Mr Jahingir, who was from the Darnall area of the city, died from two gunshot wounds to the body.

Det Supt Peter McGuinness, who is leading the murder hunt, stressed that members of the public had no reason to fear for their safety.

"We believe this was a targeted attack and not gang related," he said.

"At this stage we are keeping an open mind about the motive.

"Officers are conducting house to house inquiries and examining CCTV footage and we already have some good lines of inquiry we are following up."