Shocking footage shows men taking aim at children in a playground. A girl, aged 11, was hit in the leg after the violent gang members fired from their car windows in Bushbury, Wolverhampton.
Police officers have confirmed that three men were conviced following the incident on Thursday.
Det Insp Francis Nock, from the Major Crime Team, said: “At least six shots were fired and it’s by sheer luck that these two children weren’t more seriously injured or killed.
“Thankfully, they have both made recoveries from their physical wounds. But this has left their families shattered.
“We may never know who the intended targets were, or why the shooting happened, but we believe it involved tensions between gangs in the Wolverhampton area, and may be connected to illegal drugs.
“This was a cowardly attack by men who had no hesitation in firing deadly guns next to a children’s playground.”
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