Police have arrested four people following reports yesterday (19 July) of crossbow arrows being fired into a Birmingham street and narrowly missing an elderly couple.
Officers received a 999 call at 5.20pm from a member of the public reporting bolts coming from an address in Gibbins Road, Selly Oak.
Armed officers were deployed to the scene where three steel-tipped arrows were recovered in the street and a property contained. Three men aged 20, 24 and 49, plus a 21-year-old woman, were arrested from an address and a crossbow and further arrows seized.
All four people remain in police custody on suspicion of possessing an offensive weapon.
Selly Oak Neighbourhood Policing Inspector Imran Mirza, said: “On initial inspection the arrows recovered are steel-tipped and lethal. Thankfully no-one was hit as it could have ended tragically.
“We had armed police on the scene quickly to contain the premises and make arrests.
“It’s unclear at this stage whether these arrows were deliberately or accidentally fired into the street and our enquiries continue.”