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The deadly weapons seized by police after underworld disputes spilled onto the streets
31.03.2023 - 05:59 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
These images show the terrifying weapons seized by police as disputes in the criminal underworld spilled out in the streets in two gangland shootings. Aaron Gray opened fire at a taxi office in Eccles before shooting at a house in Whitefield two months later.
No-one was hurt in either incident but a judge said they'd been carried out to send a 'powerful message'. Police said the crimes came after 'petty disputes' between rival criminals, and that gangsters were 'terrorising' innocent members of the public caught up in their feuds. Five men were jailed at Manchester Crown Court on Thursday for firearms offences.
Gray, 26, was locked up for 14 years. The first shooting took place at Swan Taxis in Eccles at about 10pm on Sunday, December 8, 2019.
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A woman was working in the office and went to the door when she heard banging. Gray fired at the taxi rank. The woman was not hurt but was terrified, shouting 'he's got a f****** gun!'
Gray rushed to a getaway car which contained another man, 29-year-old Dominic Hughes. As the men fled the driver of the car was involved in a head on collision with a taxi driver, which left him seriously hurt and unable to work for months.
As they fled on foot following the crash, Gray dumped a Glock 17 and his balaclava in a nearby bin. Police later recovered the gun as well as a balaclava, which contained his DNA.
About two months later, Gray opened fire into the front living room of a house on Coniston Avenue in Whitefield. A gunshot was heard at about 1.35am on Tuesday, February 2020.
The residents who lived there only realised what had happened the
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