Woman injured and window damaged in Wolverhampton shooting as police step up patrols
Police have stepped up patrols in an area of Wolverhampton after a woman was injured in a shooting.
Detectives are investigating after a woman was injured when gun shots were fired in Bitterne Drive in Whitmore Reans at around 1am on Sunday.
The woman, aged in her 20s, was taken to hospital with a leg injury. A gun shot also damaged a window at an address in nearby Evans Street.
It has been reported the shooting took place outside a benefit night for Walsall murder victim Akeem Francis-Kerr.
Shocking footage from an eyewitness captured the moment at least seven shots were fired during the incident.
A spokesman for West Midlands Police said: "We're investigating after a woman was injured when gun shots were fired in Bitterne Drive, Whitmore Reans, at around 1am yesterday.
"We're carrying out CCTV and other enquiries to establish exactly what happened and who was involved. There will be an increased policing presence in the area.
"Anyone with information can contact us via Live Chat on our website, or call 101, and quote log 190 of 23 April."
A spokesman for West Midlands Ambulance Service said: “We were called at 1.03am on Saturday to a shooting on Bitterne Drive in Whitmore Reans in Wolverhampton.
"One ambulance, two paramedic officers and a MERIT trauma doctor and critical care paramedic attended the scene.
"Upon arrival we found a woman who was assessed by ambulance staff and had sustained non-life threatening injuries. She received treatment at the scene before being conveyed to hospital for further assessment.”