Police reveal more details after teenager shot in Henley Green
A teenager shot in Coventry last night suffered serious injuries, but police say they are not life-threatening.
The 19-year-old was found with a gunshot wound to his leg after police were called to Hermes Crescent, in Henley Green, just after 11pm.
The injured teenager was found nearby in Hornsey Close.
A West Midlands Police spokesman said: "The man's injuries are serious, but not thought to be life-threatening or life-changing."Officers are conducting house-to-house enquiries and exploring CCTV from the surrounding area in efforts to understand the circumstances of the incident.
"Meanwhile, police patrols in the area have been increased."
A spokesman for West Midlands Ambulance Service said they sent an ambulance, a paramedic support officer and the critical care car from the Warwickshire and Northamptonshire Air Ambulance to the scene.
They added: "We were called to reports of a patient with a gunshot injury.
"We treated a male in his late teens for a leg injury.
"He was fully conscious and was taken to hospital."
Anyone with information that can help officers with the investigation is asked to call West Midlands Police on 101, quoting log number 2738 of August 14.
Details can also be given anonymously via Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 or online at
http://www.crimestopper-uk.org.
Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2018 4:37 pm