An A&E department was briefly locked down after a man arrived with gunshot wounds - leaving a bullet-riddled VW Golf outside. A picture of the car clearly shows bullet holes in the driver's side window.
Police said it followed what they called a "targeted attack" in a residential street around a mile away. The shooting happened at around 7pm on Sunday, with the car arriving at the Heartlands Hospital A&E department soon after. The man who was shot is expected to recover, reports BirminghamLive.
University Hospitals Birmingham - which runs Heartlands - confirmed its A&E department was briefly "locked down" to ensure patient safety. A spokesperson said bosses would assist officers if needed.
Birmingham author Omar Akbar said he had been asked to leave the accident and emergency ward and go to another hospital. A picture showed the blue car behind a cordon opposite the Princess of Wales Women's Unit.
Omar - who tweets under the handle @UnofficialOA - said: "Bullet holes in car windows. "We (new patients) got turned away. I had to go to another hospital where my wait was from 7:30pm [to] 2:20am. Look how far the nation has fallen. I’m sharing this as I think it’s monumentally messed up to have to leave a hospital due to a shooting and then go to another and wait for seven hours."
A West Midlands Police spokesperson said: "A man presented himself at hospital with gunshot wounds to his abdomen and leg yesterday just before 7pm. We understand he was in a car on Shaw Hill Road in Washwood Heath when shots were fired at the vehicle and the injuries were sustained. He remains in hospital. His condition is not believed to be life-threatening or life-changing.
"We are carrying out a forensic examination of the car and trawling CCTV from the area to establish what happened and identify who was responsible. We know that this will have been alarming for residents in Shaw Hill Road but we believe it was a targeted attack and we are fast-tracking enquiries as well as having an increased police presence in the area.
"We ask anyone with information or footage of what happened to contact us via Live Chat on our website or by calling 101 quoting log 3514 of 30/4. Information can also be given to Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111."
A University Hospitals Birmingham spokesperson added: "The department was locked down for a short while to ensure staff and patient safety. We will support West Midlands Police with any enquiries."
