GMP offer huge reward for help after two girls left with shotgun injuries in horror drive-by shooting at family gathering
29.07.2023 - 08:53
/ manchestereveningnews.co.uk
One year on from a south Manchester drive-by shooting, police have issued a fresh appeal for information with a £50k reward.
Two teenage girls sustained injuries in the shooting outside a party on Quinney Crescent in Moss Side shortly before 10:30pm on July 29, 2022.
Officers say the 'reckless' and 'dangerous' actions of those responsible 'could easily have had tragic consequences'. They are offering a £50,000 reward to anyone who can provide police with key information that leads to the successful conviction of those responsible.
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Police said at the time they were treating the attack as attempted murder after the girls were left with shotgun injuries. Detective Superintendent Chris Downey said at the time of the incident that a 'family were coming together to celebrate a loved one who passed away', when a gunman in a dark-coloured SUV opened fire on the crowd.
He later confirmed it had been the one-year anniversary of the death of Joan Spence, who died when a two-car smash caused a traffic light pole to hit her on the head.
Today, one year on from the attack, DI Madeline Kelly of the Major Crime Review team said: "The reckless and dangerous actions of those firing a gun that night could easily have had tragic consequences.
"We do not believe the two girls were the intended targets that night and were instead simply at the address enjoying a party.
"The actions of those responsible demonstrate that they have zero regard for who they could have hurt. They are dangerous and GMP is determined to find them and hold them to account for such a callous and cowardly attack.
"I am appealing to anyone who was in the Moss Side area on