'I don't feel safe here any more'
Manchester Evening News|May 21, 2022
RESIDENTS VOICE FEARS OVER 'DAILY' DISTURBANCES AFTER MOTORBIKE CHASE LEADS TO BB GUN SHOOTING
NICOLE WOOTTON-CANE
'I don't feel safe here any more'

PEOPLE say they no longer feel safe after a man was shot with what police suspect to be a BB gun following a bike chase.

High-speed pursuits, some say, are 'everyday' occurrences around Briscoe Lane North, Newton Heath, where officers attended just before 8 pm on Thursday.

"I didn't see or hear anything, but it really upsets me," one person who lives in supported housing off Millwright Street, just meters from the police cordon, said.

This story is from the May 21, 2022 edition of Manchester Evening News.

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