Nineteen-year-old shot in back in Hillfields area of city just after 2.30pm on Friday

Two teenagers have been arrested over the murder of a man who was shot dead in a street in Coventry, West Midlands police said. A man aged 19 and a 15-year-old boy were arrested in raids in Coventry early on Saturday morning.

They will be questioned about the murder of a 19-year-old man who was shot in the back in the Hillfields area of the city just after 2.30pm on Friday.

The shots were fired from a black VW Golf. A car discovered burnt out in London Road on Friday evening is believed to be vehicle used, police said.

DCI Scott Griffiths, from West Midland police’s homicide unit, said: “We have made swift progress in our investigation leading to the arrests this morning, but we continue to ask the public for information.

“It is vital that anyone who saw what happened yesterday afternoon, and has not already spoken to us, does so. We are also asking for anyone who saw those responsible for setting fire to the car to come forward.

“My team are determined to bring to justice anyone involved in yesterday’s violence. It is abhorrent that these people think nothing of using a firearm in broad daylight on a residential street with a children’s nursery close by.”