Police have launched an investigation after one man was shot and three others stabbed during a shocking street attack in a residential suburb.

Emergency services were called following reports of armed men fighting and a gun being fired at a car in the Birchhills area of Walsall, West Mids.

Four men were rushed to hospital, at least one with gunshot injuries and the others with stab wounds following the shooting at 11.50pm last night (Wed).

Officers recovered a gun and a machete from the scene on Reedswood Lane and a 26-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the violence.