Armed police were deployed to Manchester’s Green Quarter after reports of ‘a shooting’ - but instead found a man had died from a fall.

Officers were called to Cheetham Hill's Red Bank, a residential street behind the Park Inn Radisson hotel, after an emergency call at 8.10am.

A member of the public rang police to say a man had been shot, sparking an armed response.

Firearms officers arrived on the scene minutes later and found the body of a man in the street.

It is now believed he fell from a height and did not suffer a gunshot wound.

Police confirmed the man had died from his injuries.

UPDATE: Police say there are no suspicious circumstances surrounding the death.

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A Green Quarter resident, who did not want to be named, said: “There was a body on the pavement. It was so shocking to see something like that on the way to work.”

Another resident said he saw a swat team in the area, adding: “There must have been at least 15 police cars and vans cordoning off every street.”

A woman who works in a dry cleaning firm on Red Bank said she heard a commotion about 8am. She said: "Everyone started running outside onto their balconies to see what had happened.

"Not long after I heard the sirens and the ambulance and police arrived and closed it all off.

"Everyone is just really shocked.

"It's so, so sad.

"My heart goes out to his family."

A GMP spokesman said: “At about 8.10am on Wednesday 29 October 2014, police were called to Red Bank in the Cheetham area of Manchester, following reports a man had fallen from a height.

“Officers and paramedics attended shortly afterwards found a man had fallen from a building, but was sadly pronounced dead at the scene.

“Enquiries are ongoing to establish the exact circumstances surrounding the death.”