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| Boy, 15, shot dead in city street | Boy, 15, shot dead in city street |
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| A 15-year-old boy who was found shot dead in Moss Side, Manchester, may have been targeted deliberately, police say. | A 15-year-old boy who was found shot dead in Moss Side, Manchester, may have been targeted deliberately, police say. |
| The boy was found unconscious and no longer breathing after police were called to a shooting incident in the early hours of Saturday. | The boy was found unconscious and no longer breathing after police were called to a shooting incident in the early hours of Saturday. |
| A murder inquiry has been opened and the Raby Street area sealed off for investigators to carry out a search. | A murder inquiry has been opened and the Raby Street area sealed off for investigators to carry out a search. |
| The murder follows a series of shootings involving rival gangs in the south Manchester district. | The murder follows a series of shootings involving rival gangs in the south Manchester district. |
| Greater Manchester Police are urging anyone with information about the killing - which happened at about 0230 BST - to get in touch and are particularly keen to hear from the person who rang to alert them to the shooting. | |
| Guns and drugs | |
| Superintendent Tony Cook said: "We have reason to believe this was not a random shooting." | Superintendent Tony Cook said: "We have reason to believe this was not a random shooting." |
| Police are carrying out enquiries at the scene in a bid to locate witnesses. | |
| One local resident, who did not want to be named, said: "I only moved here three months ago and I know Moss Side had a reputation, but I thought things were getting better. | |
| "The council has done quite a lot on improving the area, but you still have that element involved in guns and drugs. | |
| "You see young lads hanging around all day on mountain bikes." | |
| A post-mortem examination is expected to be carried out by a Home Office pathologist over the weekend. |