Two men facing prison sentence after drive-by shooting in West Bromwich
Adyan and Naveed Hussain will be sentenced later this month
Two men are facing a prison sentence following a drive-by shooting in West Bromwich that left a man with serious injuries.
During the incident, which took place on West Bromwich High Street, two bullets were fired by the driver of a black Vauxhall Mokka, on the junction with the high street and Trinity Way on May 1st.
The shots were fired towards a white VW Golf which had been waiting to turn right onto the high street. The first shot missed the car, but the second struck the rear windscreen of the Golf.
The driver of the Golf, a man in his 20s, then sped away and later appeared at the Midland Met Hospital a short time later. Doctors later determined he had suffered a shotgun attack, with injuries to his left shoulder and the back of his head, but ultimately recovered.
CCTV footage was combed through by West Midlands Police to help identify the suspects, as well as the movements of the cars both before and after the incident.
Eventually, two men - Adyan and Naveed Hussain, both 22 - were linked with the shooting, with Adyan being the one to carry out the attempt.
Around 30 minutes before the attack took place, Adyan was seen on CCTV being dropped off at nearby Leopard Lane in a different car driven by Naveed.
Footage revealed Adyan had changed the licence plates before getting into the car driving to carry out the shooting.
In the wake of the attack, Adyan was later spotted in Oldbury abandoning the car, before both men recovered the car the following day and changed the number plates once again.
Both men were eventually arrested and brought before Wolverhampton Magistrates' Court on Monday (October 6th), where they admitted to their charges.
Adyan later admitted to possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life, while Naveed pleaded guilty to admitted assisting an offender; both will be sentenced at another hearing on October 20th.
Speaking on the ruling, Detective Inspector Francis Nock from West Midlands Police said: "This was a violent attack on a busy High Street, which left a man seriously injured and could easily have killed him.
“We have not been able to establish a motive for this attack, and it’s worrying that those involved felt they could use such violence on the streets of the West Midlands.
“Thankfully, the determination of investigators to bring them to justice has paid off.
“Guns have no place on the streets of the West Midlands, and our detectives and firearms officers work closely with local policing officers to build a picture of those involved in gun crime so that we can take them off the streets and put them behind bars.