The latest news, updates and events in Birmingham
Police sealed off a mosque car park in Small Heath after reports of “gunfire” late last night, according to local residents. Sunday night saw police storming into Small Heath after reports of a “shooting incident” around the Herbert Road and Chapman Road section in Small Heath and sealed off the Idaara Maarif-e-Islam car park as officers…
Horrific news is coming in of a 13-year-old boy who was shot in the back last night near Hockley Circus in Birmingham. The teenager was attacked shortly before 7pm last night (18 November) and is currently in a critical condition in hospital.
Police are hunting gunmen after two victims were shot in Ladypool Road and Walford Road in the early hours of Saturday. One of the men remains in hospital in a critical condition, say police. The scene of the shooting in Ladypool Road has been cordoned off as police conduct a forensic examination of the crime…
A woman was tragically shot dead and a film director injured on Thursday after Hollywood star Alec Baldwin fired a prop gun during filming in New Mexico. Police confirmed the victim of the fatal shooting was Halyna Hutchins, 42, who was working on the film as director of photography.
Police have stepped up patrols and say “we won’t tolerate this kind of violence” after a boy aged 16 was shot in Coventry today (16th Oct). The youngster is in hospital following the shocking incident which took place in Bishop Street, near Coventry city centre, just after 1am.
A man and boy have today been jailed for life for the fatal drive-by shooting of a teenager – as identity of the child killer can be revealed for the first time. Riaz Ahmed was just 15 when, along with a 19-year-old man, he conspired to kill Abdul Wahid Xasan in Coventry last year.
Two young suspects arrested in connection with the brutal drive-by shooting of Abdul Wahid Xasan were convicted of murder yesterday at Birmingham Crown Court. The gunman was aged 19 and his co-conspirator just 15 when they killed Abdul Xasan in a cold blooded drive-by shooting in Coventry earlier this year.
A man who pointed a loaded gun at a friend’s head during a heated row has been jailed after police officers found a firearm hidden down his trousers. Kevin Harrison was drinking with a pal at his flat in Dovey Tower, Nechells, on 11 February earlier this year when he accused him of having an…
A murder investigation has been launched after a man tragically died when shots were fired in the Lozells area of Birmingham this afternoon (26 August). The 22-year-old was critically injured in Lozells Road just after 12.30pm and died a short time after arriving at hospital.
West Midlands Police have charged two further men with murder in the ongoing investigations into a fatal shooting in Birmingham more than two years ago. Fahmi Daahir and Omar Elmi, both aged 22, are due to appear at Birmingham Crown Court tomorrow (Tuesday 11 August) charged with the murder of Abdul Rahman Abubaker. The 24-year-old…