Gun used in Salford shooting discovered in Sainsbury's bag within sofa, jury told

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A gun used in a shooting in Salford was later discovered in a Sainsbury's bag stored within a sofa, a jury heard. The firearm was found more than a month after a 20-year-old man ‘miraculously’ survived being shot to the chest in Little Hulton.

Three men are accused of attempted murder after a 20-year-old man was blasted at a house in Little Hulton, Salford. Tyler Harrison, 20; James Gregory, 20; and Jacob Humphreys, 21, all deny trying to murder Samuel Adesanya.

Prosecutors say they cannot say who pulled the trigger during the shooting on May 26. READ MORE: Tragedy as baby is found dead in Greater Manchester field Manchester Crown Court heard that a self loading pistol was discovered in the back of a property in Bolton the following month.

Prosecuting, David Temkin KC said: “On June 28 this year police officers had reason to visit an address in Farnworth. That address was not particularly far from the home address of some of these defendants. “It is a house, at the time it was separated into two separate flats.