Gun victims named

Police have named the man and a woman shot dead in Walsall.

Derrick Vassell, aged 43, was found at a house in Laneside Gardens, Birchills, on Friday. He had been shot in the chest.

Thirty-nine-year-old Clare Sly was found at the same house with similar injuries.

A forensic post mortem revealed both victims died as a result of gunshot wounds to the chest.

Derrick suffered two gunshot injuries, while Clare suffered one gunshot injury.

Michaela Kerr from West Midlands CID, said: "Following extensive investigations and the results of a post mortem, we can confirm the death of Derrick is being treated as murder.

"We continue to investigate the exact circumstances of how Clare came to sustain her fatal gunshot injury.

"Enquiries are ongoing but one line of enquiry is that Clare took her own life.

"Whilst we await further specialist test results, the 23 year old man and a 22 year old woman who were arrested in connection with the deaths remain on police bail."