Man tells of moment shotgun was fired at him in terrifying Smethwick drive-by shooting
A man has told a jury of the moment a shotgun was fired at him as he was targeted in a drive-by shooting in the Black Country.
Sufiyan Khan was sat in the passenger seat of a Peugeot 107 when a car pulled up alongside and shots were fired from the back seat, a court was told.
Khan had been branded a 'snitch' for reporting a robbery and had been stabbed less than a month before the late-night shooting in Smethwick, a judge was told.
Tyrell Harris, aged 18, is accused of both attacks on Khan.
Giving evidence at Wolverhampton Crown Court, the victim described seeing the rear window come down followed by two shots, which smashed the windows of the Peugeot he was sat in.
Khan told how his friend pulled up in Green Street having just returned from a shop to get cigarettes on August 14 last year when he noticed a silver VW Golf parked further up the road.
He told the court: "Because of the fire station people don't normally park there as you have to keep the area clear."
He continued: "The silver golf was coming up High Street with no lights on.
"It was coming up really slowly and on the wrong side of the road - that's what made me a bit wary.
"The silver golf parked right next to me, the back window came down and two shots came straight through our car."
Both Khan and his friend avoided serious injury as glass rained down on them and the Golf sped away from the scene.
Khan said the driver of the Golf had a black scarf covering his face but claimed he saw Harris fire the shotgun.
Mr Paul Spratt, prosecuting, asked him: "Who fired the gun?". Khan replied: "Tyrell."
The court had earlier heard Khan's claims that a gang of up to four men, including Harris, had gathered outside his house regularly, shouting insults and threats after going to the police about a robbery.
He told the jury how he was then stabbed in the calf by Harris on July 22 after being cornered on a restaurant car park.
He said Harris and 18-year-old Remel Bennett had pulled up in a car as he walked along High Street, Smethwick, and that he was chased by Harris as Bennett grappled with his friend.
Khan told the court: "Tyrell jumped out the car with a knife in his hand and started running towards me.
"He was trying to stab me and said 'you're a snitch'. I was trying to get away, moving backwards, and he stabbed me in the leg then ran away."
Harris, of Abbeyfield Road, Erdington, and Bennett, of Laurel Drive, Smethwick, plead not guilty to wounding with intent. Harris also denies attempted murder and possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life.
The trial continues.
