A man has been released under investigation following a shooting on a Bolton residential estate.
Police were called to reports of a firearms discharge on Lindfield Drive in Halliwell at around 1.20am on Saturday (November 7).
A large police cordon spanning several streets was put in place while officers dealt with the incident.
Several pathways linking Lindfield Drive and Halliwell Road were also taped off as forensics officers and plain clothes detectives worked at the scene.
A blue BMW, with a smashed back window, appeared to be at the centre of the investigation.
A 54-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit murder.
He has since been released under investigation pending further enquiries, a spokesman for GMP said.
Some eyewitnesses reported hearing 'banging and shouting' shortly before the shooting.
Mahmod Ibraish lives in Kingsnorth Close, just a short distance from the scene.
"I heard two bangs and some people shouting outside," he told the Manchester Evening News .
“It sounded like they were insulting each other.
"The police came and have been here ever since.
“It’s very shocking. This is the first time I have seen anything like this.”
Others on the estate, to the north of Bolton town centre, spoke of their shock at waking up to discover the scene.
One, who asked not to be named, said: “I woke up and everywhere was taped off.
"It is just mad. You do not expect to wake up and see your house cordoned off.”
She said the first she knew of what happened was when she heard the police helicopter hovering over her home at about 2.30am.
She added: “I heard screaming and shouting, but if I got up every time I heard something like that then I’d never sleep.
“It is bad round here and it is getting worse.
"It is not a nice place to live. It is rife with drugs.
"We all have young kids on this street, so we are frightened to death."
