{"id":926984,"date":"2026-04-29T19:30:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T19:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/926984\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T19:30:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T19:30:20","slug":"birmingham-men-jailed-after-childs-car-seat-hit-by-bullet-in-turf-war-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/926984\/","title":{"rendered":"Birmingham men jailed after child’s car seat hit by bullet in turf war shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"

Shots were fired over an occupied car as a dispute erupted between two rival drug gangs<\/p>\n

18:49, 29 Apr 2026Updated 20:23, 29 Apr 2026<\/p>\n

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Three Birmingham men have been jailed after a ‘child’s car seat was hit’ in the crossfire of a turf war shooting in a Worcestershire<\/a> town.<\/p>\n

Deago Martin, Keelan Brookes and Kaine Simmonds, all from the UK’s second city, were sentenced at Worcester Crown Court today (April 29) after tensions flared between two rival drug gangs.<\/p>\n

Police were called to Ombersley Close, Redditch<\/a> after reports of gun shots being heard at around 1:15pm on March 26, 2024.<\/p>\n

Read more:<\/strong> Mystery as injured man turns up at hospital after ‘incident’ in Bloxwich street<\/a><\/p>\n

Tensions escalated in the street as Brookes, 21, part of the Frank Line sourcing drugs from Birmingham<\/a>, was approached by Martin, 22, who ran the Captain line supplying drugs from the city into Redditch.<\/p>\n

Brookes had been attempting to encroach on the Captain line territory and, following an exchange of words, both men produced a firearm.<\/p>\n

Brookes discharged his gun in the direction of Martin, to which he returned fire, West Mercia Police<\/a> said.<\/p>\n

“Three shots were exchanged over an occupied car, and bullets penetrated the rear of the vehicle and hit an unoccupied child seat. Thankfully, the two people in the car were not injured,” the force added.<\/p>\n

“The investigation established the shooting stemmed from a turf dispute between two rival drug gangs who were operating in Redditch.”<\/p>\n

Both men fled, with Martin discarding his clothing while Brookes was assisted by a “network of associates”. To help him evade capture, they provided him transport and temporary accommodation.<\/p>\n

Martin and Brookes showed “no empathy for what they had done” and after their phones were seized, footage showed members of the Frank Line continuing to live a lifestyle funded by drug sales, police said.<\/p>\n

Simmonds was sentenced for drug supply and assisting an offender.<\/p>\n

At an 11-week trial last year where they were found guilty of the following offences:<\/p>\n