Three arrested at hospital over Coventry shooting
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Three people were arrested at University Hospital Coventry over the shooting
Three people have been arrested after a man was shot in Coventry.
Police said a 29-year-old man with a shotgun injury made his own way to the University Hospital on Tuesday evening.
His injury is not life-threatening. West Midlands Police said it believes the man was shot in a house in Elkington Street, Court House Green.
A 21-year-old woman, a 26-year-old man and a 17-year-old boy, all known to the man, were arrested at the hospital in connection with the shooting.
Police believe the shotgun was fired in Elkington Street, Court House Green
Detectives said claims on social media there had been a shooting at the hospital in Walsgrave were wrong.
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust tweeted last night the hospital was open as normal.
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