A teenager has been shot in Huddersfield, with police searching for two masked men who were spotted just before the incident.

West Yorkshire Police said it was called to reports of a teenage boy with serious leg injury outside Fartown Library just after 9pm last night (April 8).

The victim fled along with his friends, who swiftly called the emergency services. The teenager was taken to hospital.

Police said "two masked men were spotted behind trees in a snicket off Richmond Avenue just prior to the firearms discharge".

A West Yorkshire Police spokesman said: "We are appealing for witnesses after a teenage boy was seriously injured in a firearms discharge in Huddersfield.

"The Homicide and Major Enquiry Team would like to speak to anyone who can assist enquires after a 17-year-old boy received a non-life threatening injury.

"The incident occurred on the woodland path, which runs from Richmond Avenue to the rear of the Woodlanders FC football pitch off Spaines Road in Birkby yesterday evening

"Police were called at just after 9pm on Wednesday 8 April to a report a teenager had been located with a serious leg injury outside Fartown Library.

"It was established the boy had been walking with friends from the direction of the football pitch along the woodland path between 8.30pm and 9pm when a suspected firearm was discharged.

"The victim who, was injured in the leg, fled the area with friends and attended outside the library where they rang 999.

"Two masked men were spotted behind trees in a snicket off Richmond Avenue just prior to the firearms discharge."