Police investigating a drive-by shooting of a mother and son outside a bingo hall say they have not recovered any of the weapons used.

Scott Calder, 22, and his mum Marie, 56, were blasted as they sat in a car in Harpurhey on Sunday night.

In a fresh appeal to the media on Wednesday morning, Superintendent Dean Howard said he was concerned that no firearms connected to the incident have been found.

Supt Howard, of the North Manchester Division, added that both victims had now given officers a full account of the attack and he now believes either Mr Calder or his mother would have known the gunmen.

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He said: "It is understandable that when something like this happens in the heart of the community there are both genuine concerns and lots of rumours.

“First of all, it’s important that we stress once again that this was not a random attack - we believe at least one of the victims would have known, or known of, the people in the dark car.

“Secondly, I have seen speculation about the cause of this both in the media and on Facebook. We are still looking at different possible motives for this so people trying to second guess what this is about is unhelpful.”

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Marie was shot in the elbow and Scott was blasted in the wrist. They were not life-threatening injuries.

On his Facebook page, Scott reveals he goes by the nickname 'The Demon'.

One message posted on his Facebook site said: ''In hospital bin shot.''

In another, he wrote: ''Bin woke up for operation to get da bullet out ma hand. Goin for ma operation, nuff love to everyone.''

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The pair were blasted as they sat in his car in a car park outside Gala Bingo at the North City shopping centre on Sunday night.

Marie had been at the bingo hall and her son had driven to pick her up in his Audi at about 7.15pm.

Moments later, a black car pulled up behind them blocking them in. No further description of the car has been released.

Two men got out and a number of shots were fired at the Audi, one hitting Scott and the other hitting Marie.

He managed to drive off before abandoning his car on a nearby road.

Both victims then managed to walk to the nearby North Manchester General Hospital, where medics later raised the alarm.

Detectives called the attack 'targeted'.

Marie had been on a night out at Gala Bingo but police said robbery had been discounted as a line of enquiry.

The car park, which is behind the Asda superstore and near to Harpurhey Market, was cordoned off for a time by police.

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