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Shooting leaves boy, 13, wounded | Shooting leaves boy, 13, wounded |
(about 6 hours later) | |
A 13-year-old boy is in a stable condition in hospital after being shot in the shoulder in Greater Manchester. | |
The teenager is not thought to have suffered life-threatening injuries in the attack, which happened in Moss Side, Manchester, on Saturday night. | The teenager is not thought to have suffered life-threatening injuries in the attack, which happened in Moss Side, Manchester, on Saturday night. |
Police were called to Newport Street at about 2315 BST following reports that a shooting had happened. | Police were called to Newport Street at about 2315 BST following reports that a shooting had happened. |
The attack comes 13 months after Jessie James, 15, was shot dead as he cycled through a park in Moss Side. | The attack comes 13 months after Jessie James, 15, was shot dead as he cycled through a park in Moss Side. |
Patrols stepped up | |
Greater Manchester Police have stepped up patrols in the area to help with the investigation and to provide reassurance to the community. | |
The youngster, from Longsight, had been at a party in Moss Side prior to the attack. | |
A resident living close to the scene, who did not want to be named, said: "We held a party here last night, and he was at the party. | |
"I gave him some food and then I don't know what happened. None of us know what happened because we were all inside." | |
Witness appeal | |
Since June 2006 a total of three teenagers have been shot dead in Greater Manchester. | |
Fifteen-year-old Kally Gilligan was shot by her ex-boyfriend Josh Thompson, 18, in Salford in June 2006. | |
Three months later Jessie James was fatally shot and in April this year, Kasha Peniston, then 16, shot his sister Kamilah, 12, in the head with a handgun his mother kept in their home in Gorton. | |
On 25 September, two youngsters, aged 12 and 15, were shot in Fallowfield and on October 8, two gangs of youths fought a gun battle in Moss Side. | |
Detectives are appealing for anyone with information about the latest shooting to contact them. |
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