2020 Moss Side shooting
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| 2020 Moss Side shooting | |
|---|---|
| Location | Moss Side, Manchester, United Kingdom |
| Date | 21 June 2020 12:30 am |
Attack type | Shooting |
| Deaths | 2 |
| Injured | 0 |
At about 12:30 am on 21 June 2020, two young men were shot dead at a street party in Moss Side, an inner-city area of Manchester in North West England.
The shooting took place at an afterparty, illegal under COVID-19 lockdown rules.[1] The after party was an unplanned event that followed a Black Lives Matter barbecue that had been earlier held nearby, but was unconnected to this prior event, which peacefully finished at 20:00.[2]
Incident
During a night time street party in a car park in Moss Side at the junction of Caythorpe Street, Broadfield Road, and Bowes Street a man opened fire on those attending[3] at about 00:30 BST, causing them to run screaming from the area.[4] Gunshot was reported at a location on Caythorpe Street, with armed police responding to the scene at 01:00. They discovered a party attended by hundreds of people, in violation of COVID-19 lockdown guidelines in the country at the time. The police report that a "community event" had taken place in the area earlier in the day, and the party had been an unplanned after party but still had a DJ. A local resident said the party had begun at around 22:00 the night before, and that Moss Side was a peaceful neighbourhood with infrequent spikes of violent activity.[1][4]