One arrested and one taken to hospital after Willenhall shop fight

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Police and ambulance were called to the Co-op in Remembrance Road earlier today



A man has been arrested and one person taken to hospital after a suspected shoplifter assaulted a security guard in Coventry.

Police were called to the Co-op store in Remembrance Road, Willenhall, after a guard tried to stop the suspected thief.

A 27-year-old man was arrested after the incident.

A spokesman for West Midlands Police said: “Police were called to Remembrance Road, Coventry just before 11.30am on Tuesday, February 14, to a report of a disorder.

“A 27-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of theft and assault.”

West Midlands Ambulance Service said: “We were called outside the Co-Op on Remembrance Road in Willenhall this morning.

“One ambulance attended and we conveyed one patient to University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire.”

Anyone with information should call police on 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111.