You speak out after fourth city shooting in month

RESIDENTS have made calls for more police on the streets of Coventry after the fourth shooting in less than a month.

Emergency services were called to Bishop Street this week after a teenager was shot in the leg in the car park close to PureGym.

The 19-year-old was taken to hospital with what were believed to be non life-threatening injuries.

It is the fourth shooting so far in February alone.

A 29-year-old man was also shot in the leg with a shotgun inside a house in Elkington Street, Bell Green on February 5.

It followed a gun being fired through a door in Earlsdon at around 8pm on Monday, February 4, and then a shot being fired towards a man in Blenheim Avenue, Holbrooks, at just before 9.30pm, but fortunately he was not injured.

Readers have been commenting on the latest shooting this morning.

You can see what they had to say below.

Xenia Marie said: “Sickening. Kids being shot, stabbed and killed. Kids carrying weapons. Why aren’t parents doing anything to check on their kids? Disgraceful! “

Laura Joan said: “Fourth this month!”

Trisha Grant said: “And we’re planning on buying a family house back in Cov. What’s wrong with people!”

Kiri Scrivener “More police on said: the streets, if caught with ANY sort of weapons automatic prison time.”

Mick Mcrudden said: “City of culture.”

Claire Bendall said: “We need more police presence in Coventry otherwise it’s just gonna get worse.”

Beth Ellan said: “Has anyone noticed that the people doing the shootings and stabbings and the victims are all young teenagers? Absolutely crazy!”

Craig Sewell said: “Dump.”

John Woodward said: “City of culture joke.”

Matt Master Moore said: “I heard a gun shot fired in the park, it scared the life of me.”

Elizabeth Ali said: “Getting like America.”

Safi Bi said: “Stabbings and shootings sad times.” simply