Police chief says officers investigating shooting of seven-year-old face a struggle to demolish through in a community with longstanding crime families The reluctance of Salford residents to talk to the police after a seven-year-old boy and his mother were shot has made the task of ending a recent surge of violence even more difficult than during the “Gunchester” era of the 1990s,the city’s police chief has said.
Ch Supt Mary Doyle said disrupting violence in the Moss Side area of Manchester nearby had been easier because there were no longstanding crime families in the area, meaning officers had the support of parents.Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com