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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
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Neal Keeling

Gunnman walked up to victim on Manchester street and shot him in the leg

A gunman walked up to his target on a Manchester street and shot him in the leg.

The victim was on Oldham Road in Miles Platting when he was approached.

The shooting was just before 8.40pm on Sunday March 15th.

The 32-year-old man who was hit is in a stable condition in hospital.

A GMP statement read: "At around 8.40pm on Sunday, March 15, 2020, police were called to reports of a firearms discharge on Oldham Road, Manchester.

"Officers attended and found a 32-year-old man with a leg injury.

Police at the scene of a shooting on Oldham Road, Miles Platting (ASP)

"He was taken to hospital, where he remains in a stable condition.

"An investigation is underway.

"No arrests have been made."

The shooting is not being linked to another at around 11.55pm on Friday March 13th on nearby Winstanley Road.

In connection with that incident John Fleck, 31, of Farnborough Road, Miles Platting, has been charged with a Section 16A firearms offence.

He was due to appear at Manchester and Salford Magistrates' Court today.

Police were called to reports of a firearm discharge on Winstanley Road.

Several gunshots were fired into the street.

Anyone with information is asked to call police on 0161 856 1146 - quoting incident number 3374 of March 13 for the Winstanley Road incident on Friday; and incident number 2923 of March 15 for the Oldham Road incident on Sunday.

Information can also be reported via Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.

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