Police hunt for drive-by gunman as three women are rushed to hospital

Police have launched an urgent manhunt for the gunman who shot three women in a horrifying drive-by attack.

Emergency services were called to Frederick Street near St John's Retail Park in Wolverhampton at around 11pm yesterday to terrifying reports of 'shots being fired from a car'.

A spokesman for West Midlands Police confirmed that three women were rushed to hospital - two of whom have since been discharged.

The third remains in hospital but is 'in a stable condition', the force said.

Declaring that 'such violence is unacceptable', officers are now trawling through hours of CCTV footage with the hopes of identifying the suspected shooter.

'We're working to establish why this happened,' the police spokesman said. 'We'd ask anyone with information to speak to us. 

'Such violence is unacceptable and won't be tolerated.

'We will have an increased presence in the area to reassure the local community.'

'We are carrying out a CCTV trawl- and other enquiries - to identify those involved.' 

If you have any information regarding the suspected drive-by shooting, you can contact West Midlands Police via Live Chat on their website or by calling 101.

You should quote incident number 5427 of September 27.

Alternatively, you can ring the charity Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.