A second night of violence in Birmingham has been described by
police as “truly outrageous” after a gunman opened
fire in a residential area where children were playing.
A man also suffered machete wounds in the latest attack, which West Midlands Police attributed to an outbreak of targeted gang violence.
Friday night’s trouble in Saltley began with a car chase in Washwood Heath Road involving a VW Golf and a blue BMW and ended when the BMW crashed into a wall by Silver Birch Close at around 6.40pm and the two occupants were attacked with a shotgun and a machete.
Neither suffered life-threatening injuries, the Press Association reports.
It came a day after James Teer, 20, was fatally wounded in a drive-by
shooting just yards from his home in nearby Erdington.
West Midlands Police said the two attacks were not thought to be linked.Related... Murder Inquiry Launched As Man, 20, Shot Dead In Birmingham