{"id":262157,"date":"2025-07-13T17:49:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-13T17:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/262157\/"},"modified":"2025-07-13T17:49:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-13T17:49:11","slug":"terrifying-moment-gunmen-fire-volley-of-bullets-at-birmingham-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/262157\/","title":{"rendered":"Terrifying moment gunmen fire volley of bullets at Birmingham house"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Three loud bangs can be heard as a volley of shots were fired at a house on Glendower Road in Perry Barr<\/p>\n<p>17:37, 13 Jul 2025Updated 17:37, 13 Jul 2025<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">This is the terrifying moment a family house was peppered with bullets in <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Birmingham<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A man, in his 60s, who was inside the home on Glendower Road in <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/perry-barr\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Perry Barr<\/a>, was injured by shattering glass after three shots were fired in quick succession.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">In newly-released footage, the volley of gunshots can be heard before a car is seen speeding away.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/news\/midlands-news\/three-jailed-over-60-years-32041339?service=responsive\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">READ MORE: Three jailed for over 60 years for mystery shooting of family home in Perry Barr<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/news\/midlands-news\/mum-can-still-see-bullet-32043817\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">The violence did not end there<\/a> as a brick was thrown at the windscreen of a parked car nearby.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A camera at the front of the address was also damaged in attempt to conceal the identities of the offenders.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0_PB-shooters.jpg\" alt=\"Shaquon Richardson-Bowen, Aairus Rehman and Shomari Mapp\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>Shaquon Richardson-Bowen, Aairus Rehman and Shomari Mapp<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Following the shooting on 11pm on May 18, 2024, <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/west-midlands-police\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">West Midlands Police<\/a> launched a major investigation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">They pieced together CCTV footage, ANPR cameras and mobile phone evidence and identified Shomari Mapp, Aairus Rehman and Shaquon Richardson-Bowen, all now 22, as the offenders.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The criminals were caught on camera driving a stolen Skoda used in the attack to a quiet spot where they torched it in a bid to destroy evidence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">In the hours leading to the shooting<a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/news\/midlands-news\/mum-can-still-see-bullet-32043817\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">, mobile phone evidence <\/a>proved all three men were together or in close proximity.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1_IMG_9827.jpg\" alt=\"The scene in Glendower Road, Perry Barr, on Sunday, May 19\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>The scene in Glendower Road, Perry Barr, on Sunday, May 19(Image: Birmingham Live)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Their mobile phones were either switched off or inactive during the shooting.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">CCTV footage showed the gang driving past Glendower Road, an hour before the shooting to survey the area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Mapp, of Melvina Road, and Richardson-Bowen, of Severne Road, were found guilty after a trial of attempted murder and arson and jailed for 20 years each.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Rehman, of Ringlow Road, admitted arson and possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life at an earlier hearing, and was found guilty at trial of attempted murder.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">He was sentenced to 22 years in prison.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Det Insp Francis Nock, from the Major Crimes Unit, said: \u201cThe shooting required immense planning by the offenders.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;They conducted careful reconnaissance of the location and clearly planned both the shooting itself and how to best cover their tracks afterwards. It\u2019s a miracle someone wasn\u2019t more seriously injured.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Three loud bangs can be heard as a volley of shots were fired at a house on Glendower&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":262158,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,748,393,4884,15267,16,15,7830],"class_list":{"0":"post-262157","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-perry-barr","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-west-midlands-police"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114847191219173325","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=262157"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262157\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/262158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=262157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=262157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=262157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}