Gunman jailed for Birmingham street shooting

CCTV shows a gunman opening fire at a man in Birmingham - and the moment we arrested him after tracking him to a flat in the city.

The footage shows Mickelle Sharp shooting at another man in Handsworth on the afternoon of 3 August last year.

The victim was shot twice through the arm but luckily was not seriously hurt and made a full recovery – but the outcome could easily have been much worse.

Sharp can be seen pulling the trigger from close range as his target cowers down by a fence and wheelie bins – and then discharges two more rounds as the victim runs to a car before speeding away.

We identified Sharp as the gunman and traced him to a flat in Acocks Green two days later where he surrendered on realising the block was surrounded by our firearms officers.

A search of the flat revealed more than 100 wraps of crack cocaine, heroin and cannabis plus around £16,000 in cash which we’ve seized.

We also searched a car linked to the 33-year-old and found a man bag containing the black handled revolver. It was loaded with five rounds, three of which had been discharged.

Sharp went on to admit possessing a firearm with intent to endanger life plus drugs supply and jailed for 21 years.

This was a reckless discharge of a firearm in broad daylight in a busy street; innocent pedestrians or motorists could easily have been caught up in this and seriously injured.

We initially charged Sharp with attempted murder but a plea of possessing a firearm with intent to endanger life was accepted by us and the Crown.

Anyone that is in the business of dealing drugs in our communities can expect to be proactively targeted and those who go on to actively use deadly firearms can expect to receive lengthy prison sentences.

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