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| Man becomes third shooting victim | Man becomes third shooting victim |
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| A 24-year-old man has become the third to be shot dead in the same area of Birmingham in less than a year. | |
| The shooting happened at about 2215 BST on Saturday in Hockley Close in the Newtown area of the city. The man was taken to hospital but died there. | |
| One community leader said murders of young people in Birmingham had reached "almost epidemic proportions". | |
| West Midlands Police said they had deployed armed officers to patrol Birmingham's streets. | |
| Police said they had also asked 26 nightclubs in Birmingham to close at 0400 BST over the Bank Holiday weekend to help them deal with gun crime in the city. | |
| Witnesses said the man, who has not been identified, was shot three or four times in an alleyway before he climbed over a wall and into a garden. | |
| Hockley Road was shut as police searched for evidence and officers were carrying out door-to-door inquiries. | |
| 'Very, very worried' | |
| A 23-year-old woman, who lives close to where the shooting happened, said: "I was outside but I didn't see what happened. | A 23-year-old woman, who lives close to where the shooting happened, said: "I was outside but I didn't see what happened. |
| "I heard some things, that there were three or four gun shot wounds and that it was about an hour-and-a-half until he was found. | "I heard some things, that there were three or four gun shot wounds and that it was about an hour-and-a-half until he was found. |
| "People said he clambered in to a garden and fell in to the garden." | "People said he clambered in to a garden and fell in to the garden." |
| A spokesman for West Midlands Ambulance Service said the man was taken to Birmingham's City Hospital but later died there. | A spokesman for West Midlands Ambulance Service said the man was taken to Birmingham's City Hospital but later died there. |
| He said: "Paramedics from the response vehicle travelled with the ambulance crew and provided additional assistance while the man was treated en route to hospital. | He said: "Paramedics from the response vehicle travelled with the ambulance crew and provided additional assistance while the man was treated en route to hospital. |
| "But unfortunately, despite the best efforts of paramedics and hospital staff, they were unable to save him." | "But unfortunately, despite the best efforts of paramedics and hospital staff, they were unable to save him." |
| Police set up a mobile incident room at the end of Hockley Close | Police set up a mobile incident room at the end of Hockley Close |
| Hockley Close was cordoned off by police and officers urged any local residents with information to speak to them. | Hockley Close was cordoned off by police and officers urged any local residents with information to speak to them. |
| A blue tent stood on the driveway outside the semi-detached house where the man was found. | A blue tent stood on the driveway outside the semi-detached house where the man was found. |
| Police had set up a mobile incident room at the end of the road, which was being guarded by two officers. | Police had set up a mobile incident room at the end of the road, which was being guarded by two officers. |
| Derrick Campbell, the Home Office's advisor on guns, gangs and young people, who lives in Birmingham, said more had to be done to counter violence in the city. | |
| He said: "What we are seeing is almost epidemic proportions of murders of young people. | |
| "We are very, very worried. We're very concerned and questions have to be asked of the authorities." | |
| He added: "We're calling on the police to take more action to ensure that the public are protected." | |
| The latest incident is the third fatal shooting in the Newtown area in less than a year. | The latest incident is the third fatal shooting in the Newtown area in less than a year. |
| On 18 March Nehemiah Bryce, 27, of Winson Green, Birmingham, was shot in Rodway Close, near to Saturday night's shooting. | On 18 March Nehemiah Bryce, 27, of Winson Green, Birmingham, was shot in Rodway Close, near to Saturday night's shooting. |
| Assar Joseph Mohammed Tomlinson was shot dead on 23 December in an argument outside the King Of The Road pub in Hospital Street, Newtown. | Assar Joseph Mohammed Tomlinson was shot dead on 23 December in an argument outside the King Of The Road pub in Hospital Street, Newtown. |