CHILLING CCTV has captured the moment an armed thug left two people injured after storming into a computer shop firing a shotgun.
Jamal Hussain, 22, was part of a gang who brazenly targeted the business in Smethwick and left two men in their 40s with gunshot wounds.
Shocking video footage shows a Ford Fiesta pulling up outside City Computers on Bertram Road before a group of masked thugs started attacking the store.
Two people wielding axes begin to smash the windows of the shop while two others head inside brandishing shotguns.
One can then be seen blasting towards a closed door with the deadly firearm before kicking it open and making his way into a back office.
Two of the intruders then suddenly run back out of the room and towards their getaway vehicle while their accomplices continue to trash the store.
One victim was hit in the arm by a gunshot while another suffered a neck injury and 'miraculously' survived the broad daylight attack at midday on January 12 last year.
Detectives launched an investigation and identified Jamal Hussain as the driver of the Ford Fiesta following CCTV and mobile phone enquiries.
CCTV footage from the previous day showed the gang scouting out the route from their addresses in Walsall, to Bertram Road and the surrounding area.
There were also numerous calls between the gang during the morning of the violent attack.
Hussain fled the country soon after the incident but was arrested at Birmingham Airport following his return to the UK in May this year.
Hussain, from Walsall admitted firearms offences was jailed for nine years and two months at Worcester Crown Court on Thursday, September 12.
Four men, also from Walsall, have already been jailed for their part in the attack, which was part of an ongoing family feud.
Last August Haider Shabir, 21 was jailed for 14 years, Mohammed Uwais Latif, 24 for nine years and ten months and Mohammed Tayyib Wajid, 26 was caged for 21 months.
In April, Ahmed Aumair, 21, was jailed for 12 years and six months while Azeem Hussain, 26, is due to be sentenced later this year.
Detective Inspector Francis Nock, from West Midlands Police's Major Crime Unit said: “All six men involved in this planned armed attack have been convicted.
“Jamal Hussain was a key player in this operation and has received a lengthy jail sentences to reflect this.
"This was a planned armed attack on a business, which all bubbled down to an ongoing family feud.
“This could have easily been a fatal attack but miraculously, the injuries of the two victims were not serious.
"Officers have worked extremely hard on this investigation and we now have all perpetrators involved convicted.
“Weapons have no place on our streets and we will continue to bring those to justice who think it’s acceptable to use them to bring violence into our communities.,
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