Saltley murder: Muhammed Sohail’s family pay tribute to him
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Police investigating the murder of a man in Saltley have named him as Muhammed Sohail.
Muhammed, also known as Sohail, was found seriously injured in a car at around 12.45am on Saturday morning (19 February), and despite the efforts of medics he was pronounced dead at the scene.
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Hide AdA post-mortem carried out yesterday (20 February) found that Muhammed died from a gunshot wound.
Family tribute to Muhammed
The family of the 25-year-old have now released a tribute to him as police continue to appeal for people to come forward with information.
His family said: “As a family, we feel great sadness and despair at the loss of our beloved Sohail.
“We ask anyone who has any information about the taking of Sohail’s life to contact the police.”
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Hide AdHis devastated family are being supported by specialist officers who are keeping them updated.
Officers are speaking to witnesses and reviewing CCTV footage from around the area.
Police appeal for information
Detective Inspector Adam Jobson, from Force CID, said: “This is a shocking incident and our thoughts are with Muhammed’s family and friends.
“We are following a number of lines of enquiry and have already spoken with a number of witnesses but we’d urge anyone who has not yet talked to us, but thinks they may information, to get in touch.
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Hide Ad“As we continue to establish exactly what happened, we’d ask anyone with CCTV, dashcam or doorbell camera footage from the area over Saturday night and into Sunday morning to contact us or use the link below to upload the footage.
”If you have any information to help the investigation, via Live Chat on our website west-midlands.police.uk/contact-us/live-chat quoting investigation number 20/234032/22.
“If you don’t want to talk to us, you can tell the charity Crimestoppers what you know. Call them on 0800 555 111 – you may be entitled to a reward.Upload your CCTV, dashcam or doorbell footage using this link: https://mipp.police.uk/operation/20HQ21J72-PO1 .”
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