Inquest for Walsall murder victim told of cause of death
A Walsall murder victim died from a gunshot wound to the head, an inquest heard.
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The inquest for Connor Brookes, of Hunter Crescent, Harden, was opened and adjourned at the Black Country Coroner's Court on Tuesday morning.
The 20-year-old scrap metal dealer was fatally shot as he sat in a transit van, in Well Lane, in the Blakenall area on July 8.
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Deputy coroner Mrs Joanne Lees told the hearing, held in Oldbury, that the provisional cause of death was a gunshot wound to the head.