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.