A SHERIFF’S detective will be assigned to investigate the air pistol shooting of a photographer who was staking out pop star Britney Spears.

Britney Spears and her security staff are denying knowledge of photographer Brad Diaz's pellet-gun shooting.

A bridal shower which Britney Spears is believed to have attended turned chaotic on Saturday night, when a photographer was shot in the leg with an air gun outside the venue.

A photographer was shot in the leg with a pellet gun outside a home where he believed Britney Spears was attending a bridal shower yesterday evening, authorities said.