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Four injured at Birmingham mini-festival
By CMU Editorial | Published on Monday 14 June 2010
Four people were injured in a shooting at an urban music mini-festival in Birmingham this weekend. Three men and one woman needed hospital treatment for gunshot wounds after things kicked off at the Urban Music Gathering at the city’s Custard Factory complex at about 1am on Sunday morning.
Distancing the venue from the event where the shooting took place, Custard Factory’s David Peebles told the BBC yesterday: “The event was not hosted, sponsored, organised or managed in any way by the Custard Factory, although we do have a business relationship with the company responsible for the event. Pending the result of the police investigation, which is now under way, it is difficult for us to throw any more light on this tragic incident”.
A police spokesman added: “We have a number of statements to take but the offender is described as a black male who may have been part of a larger group. We know a large number of people were there and we are appealing for them to contact the police urgently with any information they may have”.
