Birmingham gangs are 'excited' to get back to crime after lockdown as video reveals shocking moment gunman and machete-wielding thug chase rivals in street
- Birmingham has seen brutal attacks since lockdown measures partially lifted
- Gunman and machete-wielding thug chased down two men in broad daylight
- The incident in Balsall Heath and Sparkbrook area happened on May 26
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Gang members are 'excited' to commit crimes on the streets of Birmingham after coronavirus lockdown left them struggling to make money.
Birmingham has seen a series of brutal attacks since lockdown measures were partially lifted.
Shocking CCTV footage showed the horrifying moment a gunman and a machete-wielding thug chased down two men in broad daylight in the Balsall Heath and Sparkbrook area.
Shocking CCTV footage showed the horrifying moment a gunman and a machete-wielding thug chased down two men in broad daylight in the Balsall Heath and Sparkbrook area
In the video shared by police, a white van rams the car off the road and into a school sign on May 26.
Three men jump from the car and sprint down the road, but a man wielding a gun is in hot pursuit.
A second man, clutching a machete, can be seen inside the van, poised to jump out.
The men from the car sprint down the residential street as the gunman continues to chase them.
In the video shared by police, a white van rams the car off the road and into a school sign on May 26
Three men jump from the car and sprint down the road, but a man wielding a gun (pictured) is in hot pursuit
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A second man, clutching a machete, can be seen inside the van, poised to jump out and give chase
Suddenly, the gun-wielding thug stops running, looks behind him and fires at the three men trying to escape.
Smoke can be seen rising from his weapon before he runs back to the van.
The clip then cuts to show the man with the machete chase a fourth victim who runs from the car.
A van with false plates then drives the two men from the scene.
Ex-gang member Simeon Moore, who used to be in Birmingham's Johnson Crew, told The Sun: 'There's a lot of excitement - that the truth.'
A van with false plates then drives the two men from the scene. Police are appealing for information
'They've been told, "You can't do this, you can't do that". They've found it hard to breathe and hard to make money.'
In Small Heath - where the Peaky Blinders were likely founded - violence erupted on Sunday.
A total of 20 people, some with bats, clashed in the incident.
An a man, 33, was shot in the leg in Handsworth.
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