A man has been arrested after a late-night shooting and stabbing which left four people injured.
Police confirmed they were called to reports of fighting and a gun being fired at a car on Reedswood Lane in the Birchills area of Walsall shortly before midnight.
A man was treated at the scene for bullet wounds and three others sustained stab wounds, police said.
Forensic examination is being carried out on a gun and machete recovered from Reedswood Lane.
West Midlands Ambulance Service said it treated a man who had been shot shortly before 23:50 BST near the junction of Old Birchills and Reedswood Lane.
It added another patient was treated for serious injuries and both then transferred to a major trauma centre.
“Two further patients were treated for injuries not believed to be serious before being handed over to hospital,” the service added.
