{"id":205403,"date":"2025-06-22T15:20:12","date_gmt":"2025-06-22T15:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/205403\/"},"modified":"2025-06-22T15:20:12","modified_gmt":"2025-06-22T15:20:12","slug":"third-suspect-arrested-after-shot-fired-at-group-on-salford-street","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/205403\/","title":{"rendered":"Third suspect arrested after shot fired at group on Salford street"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A police presence remains at the scene<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/0_Littleton-Road-Salford-crash-on-June-13-2021.jpg\" alt=\"Littleton Road, Salford\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Littleton Road, Salford(Image: Adam Vaughan)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A third man has been arrested following a &#8216;shooting&#8217; in <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/salford\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Salford<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Officers were called out to Littleton Road, in Kersal, shortly before 3pm on Friday (June 20) following reports a shot had been fired towards a group of men in the street.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/greater-manchester-police\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Greater Manchester Police<\/a> believes a group of men on Suron bikes travelled towards the men on the street &#8216;at speed&#8217; before a firearm was discharged towards them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">They then left the area on their bikes, with officers later searching locations across Greater Manchester to find them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A 24-year-old man, who was found in <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/cheadle-and-cheadle-hulme\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Cheadle<\/a>, <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/stockport\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Stockport<\/a>, and a 36-year-old man were both arrested in connection with the incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Armed police were also seen in attendance on Manchester Road, in <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/walkden\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Walkden<\/a>, and near Agecroft Cemetery on Friday.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1750605612_491_0_arrestnfa.jpg\" alt=\"Armed police seen at Agecroft Cemetery moments after the Kersal incident\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>Armed police seen at Agecroft Cemetery moments after the Kersal incident(Image: submitted)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">In an update issued this morning (Sunday), GMP says a 23-year-old man has also been arrested in connection with Friday&#8217;s incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">He remains in custody for questioning this morning. The other two suspects have been bailed pending further enquiries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">GMP says officers, including special operations police, remain in attendance in the Littleton Road area today.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A force spokesperson said on Saturday: &#8220;We are continuing to follow up lines of enquiry to determine any others involved and the full circumstances surrounding the incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;Additional officers remain in the area for reassurance and to investigate.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Join our Court and Crime WhatsApp group <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/chat.whatsapp.com\/IuEiMBO5xcCLDUGbBHsvC1\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"HERELink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The Manchester Evening News understands an arrest was made at Agecroft Cemetery after officers spotted a man following the suspects in a van, who was thought to be disqualified from driving.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">He was arrested but later released with no further action following checks by police, it is understood.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Anyone with information about the Littleton Road incident is asked to contact GMP on 101, quoting log 2184 of June 20, 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Alternatively call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A police presence remains at the sceneLittleton Road, Salford(Image: Adam Vaughan) A third man has been arrested following&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":205404,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8813],"tags":[748,188,393,4884,78653,2465,1290,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-205403","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-manchester","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-crime","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-kersal","13":"tag-manchester","14":"tag-salford","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114727697136791697","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=205403"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205403\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/205404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=205403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=205403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=205403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}