Images on his phone showed the 22-year-old posing with guns
Sujeel Amjad received a life sentence for his involvement in a sub-machine gun attack which nearly killed a man.
The wannabe killer and others travelled to an address in Wolverhampton on the evening of December 3, 2023.
There, it is believed he collected multiple firearms including a Skorpion machine pistol that would be used in one of two shootings that night.
Minutes later, Amjad and the associates returned to Birmingham where the guns were handed to another man, who remains on the run.
That man travelled to Hodge Hill and opened fire at the front of a house where the target lived.
A witness described seeing the masked gunman returning to a white Seat Leon parked outside the house before being driven away by another man.
The target was not home but when he returned in his car a few hours later, the gunman was waiting for him, this time armed with the sub-machine gun.
Multiple shots were fired towards the car and one of the two victims thought he had been shot but the bullets had missed.
The Seat Leon and another stolen car were found burned out.
Amjad, of Alum Rock, was convicted of attempted murder over the second shooting and arson of the two cars.
Images on his phone showed the 22-year-old posing with guns and a Skorpion, which may be the one used on December 3.
Amjad was jailed for life and will serve a minimum of 20 years.
The second man, who is believed to have fired the shots, is still being sought by police through efforts with international partners.
Detective Inspector Francis Nock, from West Midlands Police’s Major Crime Team, said:
“The Skorpion is a military-grade weapon, capable of discharging around 800 rounds per minute.”
“It’s incredible really that no one was actually hit, despite that clearly being the intention of the gunman.
“Mobile phone and CCTV analysis helped us connect Amjad to the planning of the second shooting, and we know from text messages that he was involved in arranging false number plates for at least one of the cars which were used in the shootings and which he later helped destroy.
“We are determined to bring the gunman who is still on the run to justice, and won’t stop until he is behind bars.”
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