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Police seal road after shooting By David Heafy SUDDEN gunfire was heard in the early hours of Tuesday as a firearms truck carrying over 40 weapons passed through Kings Heath.
A military transport truck was transporting weapons to the local army base in Worcester when it came to a stop on Tyler road as several shots erupted inside its storage. The truck was followed closely by a police escort driven by Det.
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George Cameron and Det. Mathew Williams. Local resident, 39 year old Mark Thompson, said: “I was suddenly awoken by the sound of gun fire.” “It lasted less than a minute, when it had stopped i looked out of the window and saw a truck and a car stopped in the middle of the road.” Detectives say that after a close inspection of the truck they found that the safety catches on the weapons were turned off and they have launched an investigation to find out why the guns were loaded and were being transported in an unsuitable condition. The Truck also received some damage to its side doors, which were marked with numerous bul-
let holes. Inspector Cameron said: “We were lucky that it was in the early hours of the morning and no one was hurt.” “We have currently closed the road to retrieve the bullets safely and to move the truck which received light damage. Inspector’s say that it could be up to a week before the road is open again, in the mean time it will continue to cause inconvenience for the residents. The 32 bus route which passes through the road has been diverted down Howard Lane. Inspectors claim that this incident was “purely accidental”, and are working hard to ensure that the mistake is not repeated.
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