Lozells murder probe latest as locals share fears over Birmingham suburb

Hunters Road has reopened following an incident which saw one dead and another seriously injured

Police are tying to piece together the events which left a man dead and another fighting for his life in Lozells. The victim was declared dead by paramedics after they were called to Hunters Road in Lozells at 12.30am yesterday, Monday, September 31, where they found one man in a critical condition.

He was declared dead at the scene. The second man was given advanced trauma care and rushed to hospital where he remained in a serious condition.

Hunters Road, which links Villa Road to Nursery Road- was finally reopened to the public and traffic around 10pm on Monday. No arrests have been made.

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When asked if a car was used in the attack, West Midlands Police said they were still trying to piece together what happened.

A spokeswoman for West Midlands Police said: "The second victim is still in hospital. And we are still establishing the full circumstances of what happened which forms part of our investigation."

Resident Mohammed Iqbal described scenes unfolding on the road in the early hours of Monday. He said: "My son woke me up and said somebody had driven a car into your back garden.

"I got up and by the time I went outside the police had just arrived and were trying to resuscitate the guy lying at the front of my property."

Mr Iqbal said he has previously raised numerous concerns about the area with the police and other authorities but to no avail. In other unconnected incidents, he said: "There's fighting in the road, screaming, drugs.

"I have seen the same people time and time again, the same cars and I have told the police but nothing has been done about it."

Councillor Waseem Zaffar said when news of the killing broke: "People are reporting drug dealing out in the open. There's loud noise disturbances, rowing in the street, illegal parking.

"There's an oversaturation of vulnerable people being put in the area and it's all costing us dear."

The Police and Crime Commissioner is due to visit the road late this month.