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| Man shot in arm and six arrested in Birmingham raid | Man shot in arm and six arrested in Birmingham raid |
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| A man was shot by armed officers during a dawn raid that led to six people being arrested, police have said. | A man was shot by armed officers during a dawn raid that led to six people being arrested, police have said. |
| Officers injured the man in the arm, after they forced entry to a house in Birmingham at about 05:00 BST, West Midlands Police said. | Officers injured the man in the arm, after they forced entry to a house in Birmingham at about 05:00 BST, West Midlands Police said. |
| Four men and two women were arrested and a firearm was recovered during the raid in Shepherds Gardens, Edgbaston. | Four men and two women were arrested and a firearm was recovered during the raid in Shepherds Gardens, Edgbaston. |
| Police said the man who was shot was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. | Police said the man who was shot was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. |
| The matter has been referred to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC), which said it had sent officers to the scene following the "pre-planned police operation". | The matter has been referred to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC), which said it had sent officers to the scene following the "pre-planned police operation". |
| All those arrested remain in police custody. | All those arrested remain in police custody. |
| The firearm has since been sent for forensic examination. | The firearm has since been sent for forensic examination. |
| The men aged 21, 35, 45 and 52 and women aged 59 and 64 are all from Birmingham, police said. | The men aged 21, 35, 45 and 52 and women aged 59 and 64 are all from Birmingham, police said. |
| It is the first shooting of a suspect by West Midlands Police since Sharif Cousins was injured whilst claiming he was unarmed and had his hands up, in July last year, the IOPC said. | |
| Before Mr Sharif was injured, no-one had been shot by a force officer since 2000, police said. |