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| A 24-year-old man has been shot dead in Birmingham, West Midlands Police have said. | A 24-year-old man has been shot dead in Birmingham, West Midlands Police have said. |
| The shooting happened at about 2215 BST on Saturday in Hockley Close in the Newtown area of the city. | |
| Police said the victim, who has not been identified, was taken to hospital, where he was later pronounced dead. | Police said the victim, who has not been identified, was taken to hospital, where he was later pronounced dead. |
| Hockley Road has been closed as police investigate the incident at the scene. The West Midlands force has appealed for witnesses. | Hockley Road has been closed as police investigate the incident at the scene. The West Midlands force has appealed for witnesses. |
| A spokesman for West Midlands Ambulance Service said the man was taken to Birmingham's City Hospital but later died there. | |
| Third shooting | |
| He said: "Paramedics from the response vehicle travelled with the ambulance crew and provided additional assistance while the man was treated en route to hospital. | |
| "But unfortunately, despite the best efforts of paramedics and hospital staff, they were unable to save him." | |
| The latest incident is the third fatal shooting in the Newtown area in less than a year. | |
| On 18 March Nehemiah Bryce, 27, of Winson Green, Birmingham, was shot in Rodway Close, near to Saturday night's shooting. | |
| Assar Joseph Mohammed Tomlinson was shot dead on 23 December in an argument outside the King Of The Road pub in Hospital Street, Newtown. |