Man arrested over fatal shooting in Birmingham released

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Police launched a execution probe aft a antheral was changeable dormant successful Birmingham

A antheral arrested connected suspicion of execution aft a antheral was changeable dormant has been released without charge.

Police recovered the victim, successful his 20s, dormant successful a car aft officers were called to reports of a shooting connected Rotton Park Road successful Edgbaston, Birmingham, soon earlier 23:00 GMT connected Friday.

Another man, successful his 30s, was recovered earnestly injured and was taken to infirmary wherever helium remains, West Midlands Police said.

The arrested antheral has since been released from the investigation, constabulary said. Officers are continuing to entreaty for accusation astir the shooting and person urged imaginable witnesses to get successful interaction “urgently”.

Det Ch Insp Laura Harrison said: "This was a tragic incidental and we’re moving astatine gait to recognize precisely what happened.”

A rain-soaked road, determination   are parkland  cars either broadside  and a yellowish  ambulance with its lights on. It is adjacent  to a bluish  and achromatic  tent.

Residents said they heard 3 gunshots arsenic they sat watching television

Mohammed Faisal, who lives adjacent wherever a cordon was acceptable up connected Rotton Park Road, said helium was watching tv erstwhile helium heard gunshots.

He said helium heard 2 shots, soon followed by a third.

"Five minutes later, I saw the bluish lights crook up and I knew thing atrocious had happened," helium said.

"We get a batch of crashes by the junction here, truthful I wondered if it was that astatine archetypal but past it became evident it wasn't.

"It's highly worrying particularly erstwhile you person children surviving present similar I do. You don't privation thing similar this happening adjacent your home."


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