Three jailed for Walsall drive-by shooting murder
Three men have been jailed for life after they murdered a man in a drive-by shooting.Connor Brookes and a friend were in a parked car on Well Lane, in Walsall, on 8 July when a gunman in a black Ford Focus fired at them once with a shotgun.Mr Brookes, who was in the driver's seat, was killed, while his friend in the passenger seat was hit in the left shoulder and survived.Jake Sanbrook, 23, Byron Sellick, 20, and Julian Falconer, 20, were all found guilty of murder, attempted murder and possessing a firearm in April and were sentenced at Wolverhampton Crown court on Friday.
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