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Gunman shot man after he was chased by machete gang
Manchester Evening News
|May 10, 2025
SHOOTER AND ASSAILANT BOTH LOCKED UP
A GUNMAN pulled a loaded pistol out of his man bag and shot a man in a residential area after being pursued by a machete wielding gang.
Mccauly Brooker had been handed a 'threat to life' warning prior to the shocking incident in Oldham. Stephen Wilson, 29, and unidentified associates had been hunting down Brooker, tracing his girlfriend to a street in Chadderton.
When they saw Brooker leave the property, the attackers, led by Wilson, chased after him through the streets. Wilson caught up with him after Brooker's trousers started to fall down.
Wilson hit him to the head with the base of the machete, before his associates piled in and inflicted serious, life-threatening injuries as they struck out with machetes.
This story is from the May 10, 2025 edition of Manchester Evening News.
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