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Watch: Police on the scene after gunshots heard in Wednesbury

Footage taken from a Wednesbury street shows police responding to residents reports of hearing gunshots in the area.

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The video, which was recorded by Express & Star photographer Tim Sturgess, shows response teams searching Hydes Road this morning after it was cordoned off by police

The road near the town centre was closed shortly after 6.30am. 

West Midlands Police said officers went to the area to deal with reports of fighting involving the occupants of two cars who then fled the scene.

Officers had initially arrived in the Mesty Croft area of the town shortly after 10pm last night (Wednesday, February 5) following reports of an undisclosed incident in the street.

National Express West Midlands said the number 47 buses have been diverted away from the area. 

Residents in the area told the Express & Star gunshots were heard.

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