A teenage gunman who was caught on CCTV opening fire in a busy pub car park while terrified customers ran for their lives has been jailed for eight-and-a-half years.

Chilling footage captured the moment Jaekwon Marks, 19, blasted two shots from a handgun at gang rivals sat in a white Mercedes.

The thug can be seen walking across the car park of the Hunters Moon pub in Hodge Hill, Birmingham - before pulling out the firearm and shooting at the vehicle.

Jaekwon Marks, 19, from Selborne Road, Handsworth, Birmingham, shot twice from a handgun at a gang rival's Mercedes

But he missed his target - leaving the Mercedes C200 with a bullet hole in its bonnet - before fleeing in a waiting taxi he had booked to nearby Chipperfield Road on July 13 last year.

Detectives found CCTV footage of Marks getting into a taxi with several associates at the Bradford Arms pub, a mile and a half away, moments before the shooting.

Officers were then able to trace the teenage gangster to an address in south London where he was arrested nine days later.

On Monday Marks was jailed after admitting possessing a firearm with intent to endanger life at Birmingham Crown Court.

After the case, Detective Constable Liam O'Brien, of West Midlands Police, said: 'It was a bright summer's evening, a Friday night, and the pub car park was busy.'

Marks (marked with a blue dot) can be seen walking across the car park of the Hunters Moon pub in Hodge Hill, Birmingham

He pulls out the gun and shoots in the direction of the vehicle which is behind the grey Volkswagen (third grey dot from the left). Customers in the car park flee the area after the gunshots

But Marks missed the target which left the Mercedes C200 (pictured) with a bullet hole in its bonnet

Det Con O'Brien continued: 'The footage wasn't of sufficient quality to identify Marks, but we traced the taxi he used and further CCTV analysis uncovered better quality images that clearly show Marks as the offender.

'During the investigation, phone records were also obtained which showed that Marks had travelled in the taxi.

'To date no victims have come forward and enquiries have shown the motive appears to be a targeted attack between two feuding Birmingham gangs.

Officers launched a major investigation and these bullets were recovered from the scene

'Marks is a dangerous individual, one who could easily have killed innocent members of the public through his recklessness, and it's only right he's been taken out of society for many years.'

The Mercedes was stopped by armed police on the M40 two days after the shooting and found to have gunshot damage to its bonnet.

Drugs were found on board and the occupants were arrested by Thames Valley Police officers.

Marks, of Selborne Road, Handsworth, Birmingham, was initially charged with conspiracy to murder but on the first day of his trial he entered a guilty plea to the lesser charge.

The teenager gangster was identified from CCTV footage from before the shooting took place

The footage showed him getting into a taxi with several associates at the Bradford Arms pub - a mile and a half away from the shooting. He was sentenced to eight-and-a-half years in prison after he admitted to possessing a firearm with intent to endanger life

Det Con O'Brien added: 'Anyone involved in illegal firearms - even if they have no intention of using it and are holding it for someone else - can expect to spend many years behind bars.

'This case demonstrates that we can secure convictions and lengthy prison sentences for offenders even in case where victims have not been identified or where victims don't want to cooperate with our investigation.

'The public and communities are our eyes and ears on the ground; information from them on people with suspected links to firearms is vital in our on-going efforts to tackle gun crime and I'd urge anyone with information to get in touch.'