This was one of about 100 shootings a year in the city, half gang-related, mostly involving young people. And as the high-profile gunning down of Birmingham teenagers Letisha Shakespeare and Charlene Ellis at a New Year party in Aston showed, the problem isn't confined to the Northwest.
This rising incidence of guns on the streets of Manchester and other UK cities is very much an issue for the youth service. Youth workers are increasingly likely to encounter guns, as are the young people they work with.
In Manchester, the incidence of death and injury to young people in the south of the city prompted several organisations to join together two years ago to form the Manchester Multi Agency Gang Strategy (MMAGS).
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