Police officers chase down armed teenage gunman in Birmingham

Dramatic body-cam footage shows the moment unarmed police officers bravely chased down a teenage gunman near a school and detained him in the street.

Johniel Barrett was wrestled to the ground and found with a loaded revolver after cops arrested him on a Birmingham road made famous by the documentary Benefits Street.

A court heard he had been spotted by officers travelling in a black VW Polo near City Hospital, in the Winson Green area of the city, on February 1 last year.

The officers, who were in a unmarked car, activated their blue lights after running checks on police systems and the driver pulled over to stop.

But Barrett bolted from the car before officers gave chase on foot and tackled him to the ground on James Turner Street.

Barrett, now 20, of Ladywood, Birmingham, went on to admit possessing a firearm and ammunition.

He was jailed for five years at Birmingham Crown Court last Monday (19/12).

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