{"id":871244,"date":"2026-04-04T09:28:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T09:28:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/871244\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T09:28:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T09:28:19","slug":"major-sparkbrook-shooting-update-as-police-release-new-details-in-hunt-for-gunman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/871244\/","title":{"rendered":"Major Sparkbrook shooting update as police release new details in hunt for gunman"},"content":{"rendered":"

Officers believe the person who fired the gun arrived in a black Kia Sportage\"Police<\/p>\n

Police at the scene in Montgomery Street in Sparkbrook (Image: Nick Wilkinson\/Birmingham Live)<\/p>\n

A driver is wanted by police after a doorstep shooting in Birmingham<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On March 26, a gun was fired at the door of a property on Montgomery Street at around 7.20pm.<\/p>\n

One man in his 30s suffered injuries, which were not life-changing or threatening.<\/p>\n

READ MORE: <\/strong>Birmingham dad escaped ‘real-life Trainspotting’ after realising he would die on the streets<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Officers said they believe the person who fired the gun arrived and left the scene in a black Kia Sportage.<\/p>\n

When BirminghamLive visited <\/a>the following day, a cordon remained in place.<\/p>\n

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C. Kay’s Diner appeared to have bullet holes in the glass of its front door(Image: Nick Wilkinson\/Birmingham Live)<\/p>\n

The address, C. Kay’s Diner, at the junction with Dolobran Road, appeared to have bullet holes in the glass of its front door.<\/p>\n

Police are now progressing enquiries to find the car and the driver, and appealed for the public\u2019s help.<\/p>\n

– Get breaking news on BirminghamLive WhatsApp<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

– We are now on WhatsApp. Join our dedicated community here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

If you have any information that could help the investigation, call 101 or head to the WMP website, quoting crime reference number 20\/192954\/26.<\/p>\n

You can also stay completely anonymous by speaking to Crimestoppers on 0800 555111.<\/p>\n

If there is a story you think our journalists should be looking into, we want to hear from you.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Email us on newsdesk@birminghammail.co.uk to get in contact with a reporter.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Officers believe the person who fired the gun arrived in a black Kia Sportage Police at the scene…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":871245,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,748,188,393,4884,55105,16,15],"class_list":["post-871244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-birmingham","tag-birmingham","tag-britain","tag-crime","tag-england","tag-great-britain","tag-sparkbrook","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116345733906440233","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/871244","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=871244"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/871244\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/871245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=871244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=871244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=871244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}