Boy, 7, shot alongside mother in gang feud

The pair are still in hospital being treated for their injuries, which were said to be “life-changing” for the boy.

One local dropping his children off at St Gilbert’s RC Primary School nearby said: “It is frightening if you have children”.

“We can not let this sickening incident pass without there being an effort on the part of the community”.

A father-of-five, he was a well-known figure in his home city of Salford, and had been involved in security firms operating in Manchester and beyond.

He added: “It is very hard to understand what the feuds are about. There’s never been so much on the streets”.

The adult males spoke having the mom before you open lay off at intimate scope, knocking her in the left leg and foot two occasions and the man once. They then fled on foot.

Her husband, Christian Hickey, is a convicted killer who served seven years in jail over a stabbing in 2002.

GMP confirmed to BuzzFeed News that although a series of shootings over the weekend are related to gang warfare, they are results of separate disputes and are not related to last night’s attack.

They said there is an ongoing feud between two gangs in central Salford and Swinton which is connected with Massey’s death.

“It’s frightening that kids are being caught in the crossfire of what’s going on in Salford”.

“We heard “pop, pop” and that was it”.

The second man is described as white and was also wearing a baseball cap.

Thirteen men and three women have so far been arrested on suspicion of supplying Class A drugs.

“We have also been successful in confiscating a large amount of cash, hitting the dealers where it hurts”.

“However, our investigations are continuing and if anyone has any information they think will assist I would encourage them to contact us”.

Police said he was not the one who fired the gun.

Speaking at a press conference at Salford town hall, Deputy Chief Constable Ian Hopkins added: “This is a sickening and cowardly attack on a seven-year-old boy and his mother at their home”.

“The level of criminal recklessness is putting innocent people at risk and this has to stop. This has to stop”.

A haul of Class A drugs has been seized and a cannabis farm shut down as hundreds of police descended on Salford in a bid to eradicate the organised crime groups (OCGs) “poisoning our streets”.

A police spokesman said: “At this stage, it is not yet known if this is linked to other shootings which have taken place over the past few days in the Salford and Bolton areas”.