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| A 19-year-old man has been arrested after shots were fired at a marked police vehicle in Birmingham. | A 19-year-old man has been arrested after shots were fired at a marked police vehicle in Birmingham. |
| The incident in Handsworth happened when a police traffic vehicle followed a Vauxhall Astra from the Lozells area after it failed to stop, police said. | The incident in Handsworth happened when a police traffic vehicle followed a Vauxhall Astra from the Lozells area after it failed to stop, police said. |
| The Astra was involved in a collision and the four occupants got out of the car. Shots were fired at the police car before they ran off, police added. | The Astra was involved in a collision and the four occupants got out of the car. Shots were fired at the police car before they ran off, police added. |
| No police officer was injured in the incident at about midnight on Sunday. | No police officer was injured in the incident at about midnight on Sunday. |
| A 19-year-old man was arrested a short time afterwards and he is "helping with inquiries", West Midlands Police said. | A 19-year-old man was arrested a short time afterwards and he is "helping with inquiries", West Midlands Police said. |
| Police, who say they are forensically examining the car and the scene, are appealing for witnesses to the incident which happened at the junction of College Road and Cornwall Road. |