Overview
- Police described violent disorder in Tile Hill on Wednesday night that left two men shot, with one suffering a critical chest wound and another injured in the leg.
- West Midlands Police arrested three men aged 25, 24 and 22 on suspicion of violent disorder, and they remain in custody as questioning continues.
- Multiple cordons are still in place on Robert Mountford Way, Gravel Hill and James Green Road, and specialist search teams have been working inside the sealed areas.
- West Midlands Ambulance Service sent two ambulances, paramedic officers, a trauma doctor, a critical care paramedic and the air ambulance, and medics took both patients to hospital after advanced care at the scene.
- Coventry MP Taiwo Owatemi said she is deeply concerned and said the Major Crime Team is leading the case, with police urging witnesses to share dashcam or phone footage by calling 101 and quoting log 5543 of May 13 or contacting Crimestoppers at 0800 555 111.