Man injured as shots fired outside city centre bar near New Street station

A man was taken to hospital after gunshots were fired outside a Birmingham city centre bar. Police said the shocking incident happened in the early hours of Saturday morning putting innocent revellers at risk.

Police said two shots were fired on John Bright Street, near to New Street Station, at 3.15am. A 21-year-old man was shot in the arm – thankfully his injury was not life-threatening.

The shooting took place outside a number of bars as people were leaving. No arrests have yet been made.

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West Midlands Police said they’re hopeful someone will have seen what happened and can help. Anyone who was using their phones and potentially filmed vital evidence or may have information about the night that could help the police investigation is now being urged to get in touch. Police said you can also share and scan the QR code pictured to link to their MIPP page.

They have set up a dedicated Major Incident Public Portal (MIPP) by clicking here for the public to send information directly to detectives. If you’d rather not reveal details about yourself and want to stay anonymous, you can call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 – just quote crime number 20/486558/23.

Detective Sergeant Lucy Mooney said: “A young man has been injured and a large number of innocent people were put at risk. While we’ve spoken to a number of people at the scene already, we still need to hear from anyone who was there and who witnessed or even filmed what happened.