Overview
- A 19-year-old was shot in the leg and back on Manley Road in Huyton and remains in critical condition as officers maintain a large cordon, conduct house-to-house inquiries and review CCTV.
- Residents near the Huyton scene reported mistaking the gunfire for Bonfire Night fireworks as crime scene investigators and a helicopter were deployed overnight.
- A 15-year-old boy was stabbed on Woodfarm Hey in Stockbridge Village and is in a serious but stable condition, with detectives saying the case is not initially believed to be linked to the Huyton shooting.
- In Manchester city centre, a man is fighting for life after an assault on Back Piccadilly and three suspects have been arrested on suspicion of Section 18 GBH as police impose Section 60 stop-and-search and Section 34 dispersal orders.
- Two 44-year-old men were stabbed in a targeted attack on a car in North Ormesby, leaving one critical but stable, and police report four arrests including suspects held on attempted murder, assisting an offender, and conspiracy to commit murder.