Man arrested after shots fired at police officers in Kingstanding
It happened on Monday
A 37-year-old man is being questioned after police officers were shot at while attempting to use stop-and-search powers in Birmingham.
The suspect was arrested on Tuesday in the Kingstanding area of the city on suspicion of possession of a firearm.
The arrest follows an incident in which officers on a routine patrol spotted a man acting suspiciously on Twickenham Road, Kingstanding, at around 11.40pm on Monday.
West Midlands Police said in a statement: "On trying to engage with the man in order to use stop-and-search policing powers, he made off and it is believed he pulled a gun and fired a shot towards the officers.
"Thankfully no-one was hurt and an area of Twickenham Road was immediately cordoned off while we investigated the circumstances."