A gunman\u00a0opened fire on College Road in Saltily\u00a0on Saturday May 19 around 6.20pm a teenager was shot in the arm.<\/p>\n
West Midlands Police are investigating the shooting, the 18-year-old man was sent to Heartlands Hospital by carand his injuries were not life-threatening.<\/p>\n
Witnesses reported there were two more men with the gunman, and firearms officers were immediately sent to the scene.<\/p>\n
College Road remained closed to the public on Saturday evening and a car was removed from the area for forensic investigation.<\/p>\n
Police said a fingertip search of the scene would be undertaken on Sunday and the road would remain closed until the work was done.<\/p>\n
A spokesperson from West Midlands Police said: “We\u2019re investigating after shots were fired in Saltley, Birmingham on Saturday (19 May).<\/p>\n
“We were called at 6.20pm by a person reporting a man with a gun on College Road and immediately sent firearms officers to the area. Witnesses report that two other men were with the gunman.<\/p>\n
“Help get guns off the streets by reporting those involved in gun crime to the independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111. The information you provide may result in a reward<\/p>\n
“A gun surrender is currently in place across the West Midlands where weapons can be brought to any police station or left in weapons bins across the region.”<\/p>\n
West Midlands Police ask anyone with information to call 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A gunman\u00a0opened fire on College Road in Saltily\u00a0on Saturday May 19 around 6.20pm a teenager was shot in the arm. West Midlands Police are investigating the shooting, the 18-year-old man was sent to Heartlands Hospital by carand his injuries were not life-threatening. Witnesses reported there were two more men with the gunman, and firearms officers […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26520,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53,37,3,112],"tags":[914,1114,1113],"class_list":["post-26519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest","category-local-news","category-news","category-top-stories","tag-alum-rock","tag-college-road","tag-shooting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26519"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26519\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}