{"id":439494,"date":"2025-09-20T22:09:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-20T22:09:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/439494\/"},"modified":"2025-09-20T22:09:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-20T22:09:13","slug":"i-just-saw-loads-of-police-on-the-street-this-is-normal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/439494\/","title":{"rendered":"I just saw loads of police on the street&#8230; this is normal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A &#8216;shooting&#8217; in Wigan was the second firearms incident that took place in Greater Manchester today<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0_JRP_MEN_200925_police_026JPG.jpg\" alt=\"Police van on Bevington Street, Ashton-in-Makerfield\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Police van on Bevington Street, Ashton-in-Makerfield(Image: Jason Roberts \/Manchester Evening News)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"men\">Heavy rain falls as a solitary police van is ominously parked on a eerily quiet street in <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/wigan\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Wigan<\/a>. However, hours ago, hordes of police flooded the neighbourhood reports of blanks fired by a &#8216;gunman&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"men\">Officers attended Bevington Street, in Ashton-in-Makerfield, Wigan, today (September 20). It comes after &#8216;two blank rounds&#8217; were fired at around 11.09am this morning, <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> says.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"men\">A 54-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of possession of a firearm and the weapon was seized. Speaking to the Manchester Evening News, one local described the moment \u201cloads of police\u201d descended on the street.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"men\">&#8220;I didn&#8217;t hear the blanks, even though my window was open all morning.&#8221; They explained.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"men\">&#8220;I just saw loads of police on the street. There was at least two firearms police trucks. It&#8217;s normal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"men\">&#8220;It\u2019s rough around here, something similar will happen in about two weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"men\">The &#8216;shooting&#8217; was the second firearms incident that took place in Greater Manchester today following an incident in <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/gorton\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Gorton<\/a>, but the two are not thought to be connected.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"men\">A GMP spokesperson said: &#8220;Officers responded to reports of a firearms discharge on Bevington Street in Ashton-in-Makerfield at 11:09am today (Saturday, September 20).<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"men\">&#8220;It is believed two blank rounds were discharged and no injuries have been reported. The firearm has been seized.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"men\">&#8220;This is an isolated incident with no wider threat to the public.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"men\">&#8220;A 54-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of possession of a firearm. 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