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Two people have been jailed after a man was seen throwing a loaded gun from a car window as they were pursued by firearms officers.
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Gunman jailed after firearms officers see weapon thrown from window during pursuit
Dramatic footage shows how officers pursued the vehicle and then chased three men when they got out and fled and foot, with one found hiding in a garden shed.
The drama unfolded when firearms officers tried to stop an Audi which on Cambridge Street near the Rep Theatre in Birmingham city centre on September 19, 2019.
This is the dramatic moment armed police officers chased BBC Radio 1 grime star Saphan Safone; Robinson in an Audi linked to several shootings.
Officers in Birmingham found the Audi A6 hired by and containing Robinson, 29, after tracking it to a street near the Rep theatre in the city centre at 4pm on September 19, 2019.
When they spotted the police, driver Jonathon McCann, 25, accelerated away, prompting the high-speed pursuit.
Robinson, McCann and a third man, Reiss Clarke, 26, led police through the busy city streets before winding down the window and throwing a handgun onto the pavement.
After cornering the car they then chased the three men on foot, surrounded gunman Clarke and Robinson.
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Firearms officers tried to stop the Audi on Cambridge Street, near the Rep theatre, in Birmingham city centre
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This is the moment cops arrested a gunman after a handgun was thrown from a car window in a dramatic police pursuit caught on camera.
Gunman jailed after firearms officers see weapon thrown from window during pursuit
Dramatic footage shows how officers relentlessly pursued the vehicle and then chased the three men inside when they got out and fled and foot, with one found hiding in a garden shed.
The drama unfolded when firearms officers tried to stop an Audi which on Cambridge Street near the Rep theatre in Birmingham city centre.
The car had been linked to gun crime thanks to an investigation led by the city’s complex crime team.
They pursued it when it failed to stop, and bodycam footage captures the moment one of the firearms officers spots an item thrown from the moving car on Summerhill Road.