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One killed, two hurt in gun violence on Manchester street

One man was killed and two others were injured, one of them a 14-year-old boy, after a night of gun violence in the northwest English city of Manchester, police said yesterday.

Officers were called at about midnight local time to reports that a 23-year-old man had been shot on Frobisher Close in the Chorlton-on-Medlock area of the city.

Another man was shot in the same street in June.

Yesterday's victim was taken to hospital but died a short time later, a spokeswoman for Greater Manchester Police said in a recorded statement.

OTHER SHOOTINGS

Another man, aged 33, was found shot on the same street and taken to hospital for treatment.

Meanwhile a 14-year-old boy was shot in the leg in the Hulme Park area of the city.

No details were immediately available about their conditions and it was unclear whether the incidents were linked.

The spokeswoman said: "Armed and unarmed officers are in the area to calm the situation and provide community reassurance."

A 24-year-old man who was shot dead as he drove his car in the city in June also lived on Frobisher Close.

reputation

Like inner-city areas of London, Birmingham in west central England and Nottingham, in the English East Midlands, areas of Manchester have a reputation for gang and gun violence.

A spate of shooting deaths in London earlier this year, the majority of them involving teenagers, provoked a storm of publicity and political concern about a spiralling gun and crime culture among the nation's youth.

Gun crime is still relatively rare in Britain and apart from special units, the country's police are unarmed.

TEENAGERS

The new shooting in Manchester is near the deprived Moss Side area, where last September a 15-year-old boy was shot dead, attracting countrywide attention.

Two days ago a 16-year-old boy was shot dead in the Stockwell area of south London, by a gang who chased him on bicycles.

And on Friday, James Oyebola, a former British heavyweight boxing champion, died after his life support machine was switched off.

The 46-year-old Nigerian-born sportsman was shot in the head in the early hours of Monday morning after asking three men to stop smoking at a nightclub. Lighting up in pubs, clubs and bars has been banned in England since July 1.
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