Overview
- Firearms officers in Coventry, who ran a pre-planned stop in Binley on Tuesday, shot the tyres of a VW Golf and arrested a 32-year-old on suspicion of absconding from prison.
- Video shows the car striking several parked vehicles near the Fitness Factory before officers boxed it in and pulled the driver from the vehicle.
- Staffordshire Police responded in Blurton on Wednesday after reports a man pointed a gun at a woman who is known to him.
- Police stopped a grey Vauxhall van on Lightwood Road, seized an air rifle, and arrested a 48-year-old who remains in custody on suspicion of possessing a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence, with witnesses asked to call 101 quoting incident 185 of March 25.
- The National Crime Agency said it had no role in the Coventry operation, a clarification reported by national outlets as local titles shared CCTV and mobile footage of the arrest.