Seventh man charged over drive-by shooting murder
A seventh man has been charged with conspiring to kill a man who was shot dead in a drive-by shooting in the West Midlands last year.
Wasim Hussain, from Gerrard Street, in Lozells, has been charged with conspiring to murder Dante Mullings in Ladywood in May 2019.
The 27-year-old has also been charged with one count of possessing a gun with intent to endanger life when he appeared at Birmingham Magistrates Court on Saturday. He has been remanded in custody.
Dante Mullings was one of three men in a car parked in St Vincent Street West, when a vehicle pulled up alongside and fired shots. The 23-year-old suffered a fatal gunshot wound and was pronounced dead at the scene. Two other men were also injured.
Six men – including teenagers aged 16 and 17 years old – have previously been charged over the murder plot and were due to stand trial earlier this year. However, the case was postponed due to the Covid-19 outbreak and is set to start again later in the year.
