A man has been shot dead and two others injured in a triple shooting in Birmingham.
Stunned witnesses have told of the moment a gunman opened fire on a car outside a primary school, leaving a 23-year-old father dying in the street.
The shooting in St Vincent Street, in the Ladywood area of Birmingham, near the city centre, left residents feeling “sick” and in shock.
The injured, aged 20 and 19, were taken to hospital where their injuries are described as non-life threatening.
The violence unfolded at about 5pm on Tuesday, yards from the windows of classrooms at St John and St Peter’s CE Academy school, where children had been studying a couple of hours before, the Press Association reports.
No arrests have yet been made.
One woman described how another vehicle pulled up by the car, and “pow, pow, pow - a succession of shots” rang out.
Marie Deehan said: “A car came down the road and they had the window down and they started shooting.
“The guy who got killed, he ran as if to jump the wall I was standing in front of.”
She described the three attackers as male and wearing balaclavas and said the other car appeared to have been struck by at least one bullet.
Deehan said she had not slept overnight after what she had seen.
“I know him, he was never in trouble, and he always said hello,” she said.
“He’s got a very young baby, a few weeks old. I feel so sick - he always says hello.”
Another woman, who had collected her daughter from the school that afternoon, said she was standing at a nearby bus stop when there was a shout of “someone’s been shot”.
The mother, who declined to be named, said: “I took my kids back to the house and then we came running to see.
“He (the victim) had been shot in his side, from what I saw, and he was lying there by the tree.
“People came out of the shops to help, and they were trying to stop the blood.”
A statement from West Midlands Police said: “Enquiries into the circumstances around the incident continue”.
It added: “Anyone with information is asked to contact police via Live Chat at west-midlands.police.uk between 8am and midnight, or call 101 anytime quoting log number 1754 of 7 May.
“Crimestoppers can be called anonymously on 0800 555 111.”