Two men charged with attempted murder after Solihull shooting

Two men charged with attempted murder after teen shot in arm <i>(Image: North Wales Police)</i>
Two men charged with attempted murder after teen shot in arm (Image: North Wales Police)
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TWO men have now been charged with attempted murder after a man was shot in a West Midlands street last month.

A 19-year-old man was taken to hospital after he suffered a gunshot wound to his arm after being shot in Loyns Close, Fordbridge, Solihull on January 25.

James Sherriff, aged 46, was arrested two days later on January 27 and has been charged with attempted murder and possessing a firearm with intent to endanger life.

He appeared before Wolverhampton Magistrates Court on January 31 and will appear at Wolverhampton Crown Court on February 28.

Yesterday (February 6) a second man appeared in Birmingham Magistrates Court charged with attempted murder.

19-year-old J’Jay Lawlor was arrested on February 3 and has also been charged with possessing a firearm with intent to endanger life, possessing drugs with intent to supply and possession of a prohibited weapon following the seizure of a taser.

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