Just a couple of years ago, gun crime on the streets of Salford seemed out of control as the war between the city's gangs escalated to near-unprecedented levels. In the 12 months before April 2020 there had been 25 shootings - a number that was the highest level since the infamous Gooch and Doddington rivalry.
A six-year feud between gangsters in 'the A-Team' and 'the Antis' groups was the root of the latest crisis. It meant the number of shootings in Greater Manchester were at levels unseen for more than a decade.
Attacks were commonplace, and vicious. On Saturday, February 22 2020, a gunman opened fire at a car on Weaste Lane, near the junction with Willows Road in the city. It meant there had been 74 shootings of which 17 caused injuries, across Greater Manchester in 2019/20.
