Shots fired at car in Middleton

Date published: 07 April 2007


Detectives are appealing for information after shots were fired at a car in Middleton.

Just before 10.30pm on Friday 6 April 2007, police were called to Hopwood Road in Middleton following a report that shots had been fired at a parked car, smashing the side and front window, as well as the window of a nearby house.

Its is believed a man shot at the black Land Rover, then got into a dark coloured car which drove off onto Tintern Road.

The offender is described as white, about 6 foot in his late 20s with dark, shaven hair and was wearing black jeans and a three-quarter length dark coloured coat.

Nobody was injured during this incident.

Anybody with any information is asked to contact Rochdale CID on 0161 856 4644  or Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.

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