Schoolboy suspect released after toy gun used to hold up traffic
An 11-year-old boy arrested after cars were held up by children armed with a toy gun has been released by police.
Armed police responded to drivers raising the alarm about the children stopping traffic and pointing a handgun at them outside Reedswood Retail Park on Saturday morning.
West Midlands Police said that four children were detained: two 12-year-olds, an 11-year-old and a seven-year-old. A black painted toy gun and a knife were seized.
On Sunday the force said that in the end only one of the children had been arrested and had since been released.
A West Midlands Police spokesman said: "The 11-year-old with the gun has been released under investigation. It looks like the 12-year-old wasn’t brought into custody in the end.
"He was detained, the knife was seized but it looks like he was released and will be spoken to at a later date."
