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Chilling moment teen shot as he tries to stab rival with machete in church car park

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Chilling footage captured the moment a machete-wielding teen was shot in the chest as he stabbed a rival in a church car park.

Antroye Coley, 19, was shot as he attacked Awais Ahmed, 21, who was sat in a Seat Leon outside Christ Church in Ward End, Birmingham. The brutal clip shows Coley, armed with a blade, sneaking up on the parked vehicle with his pal Junior Losinho, 21, on June 26 last year.

Ahmed and his friend Aman Baig, 22, were sitting inside and saw the pair approaching. A flash of light can be seen coming from the handgun as Ahmed blasted Coley in the chest at close range from the back seat.

In retaliation, Coley then stabbed Ahmed before fleeing the scene on Burney Lane at around 11.50pm. The injured men were driven to Birmingham's Heartlands Hospital but violence almost flared again when they walked in at the same time.

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Ahmed’s friends spotted Coley in the hospital and drove him to Birmingham's City Hospital five miles away.

Police arrested the men, who both recovered from their injuries, after trawling through more than 1,000 hours of CCTV footage. At Birmingham Crown Court earlier this year, Ahmed, of Ward End, was jailed for 24 years after being found guilty of wounding with intent and possession of a firearm.

Baig, of Alum Rock, Birmingham, was jailed for seven years for possession of a firearm. Losinho and Coley both of Hodge Hill, Birmingham, admitted wounding Ahmed and were sentenced last Tuesday.

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Coley was jailed for three years for wounding with intent and Losinho was given one year for wounding. Detective Inspector Francis Nock, from West Midlands Police's Major Crime Reactive Team, said: “This was appalling violence involving deadly weapons on the streets of Birmingham.

“We don’t know the motivation behind what happened. We believe Ahmed and Coley were previously friends but have fallen out to such a degree that they were willing to inflict serious harm on each other.

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“When the men arrived at hospital, neither of them was prepared to say what had happened, so we had to work backwards, starting with CCTV from the hospital, to establish exactly what had happened and where.

“CCTV played a crucial role in building strong cases against all of those involved. The investigation started with very little information but became much clearer thanks to the recovery of painstaking examination of more than 1,000 hours of footage.

“It meant those involved had no choice but to admit they were present when the violence erupted.”

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