Neighbours spoke of their terror after the shooting in Newton heath, Manchester (Picture: MEN Media)

Two boys aged 14 and 16 have been arrested after a teenager was shot in front of horrified neighbours in Manchester.

The boy was allegedly shot three to four times on Scotland Hall Road in Newton Heath at about 5pm on Friday.

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He was taken to hospital with serious injuries, a Greater Manchester Police spokeswoman said.

Neighbours spoke of their terror after witnessing a shooting in a residential street where children were playing.


One eyewitness said his grandchildren were out playing when they heard a commotion in a house nearby.

Two teenagers, 14 and 16, have been arrested (Picture: MEN Media)

He said: ‘You could hear screaming and shouting. One of the lads came out, and then the other lad came out shooting at him. There was a bang.



‘It was low calibre gun, it wasn’t dead loud, it was like the sound of a starting pistol.’

They added: ‘He took three or four shots, the lad was ducking about and then he looked to the side of his hip, like he’d been shot.

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‘Everything happened so quickly.

‘I was worried about my grandkids. My grandson was out there playing. He came flying into the house, he was terrified. He couldn’t stop shaking.

‘He came in shouting “it’s all gone off grandad”.’

Another neighbour said she was walking back from the shops with her children when she heard the ‘pop, pop, pop’ of a gun going off.

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The mum said: ‘I ran inside with the kids. It was scary. It’s awful that it happened during daylight, there were kids running about.’

Part of the road was sealed off by police following the shooting, and a cordon remained in place on Saturday afternoon.

A GMP spokeswoman said: ‘At 5.15pm on Friday, April 13, police received a report of shots fired near Scotland Hall Road.

‘A man was taken to hospital for treatment of serious injuries.

‘Enquiries are ongoing.’