To keep up with Trafford news sign up to the MyTrafford newsletter here This is the moment quick-thinking brave police officers chase a man with a gun through the streets of north Manchester.
Mohammed Shabaz Rafiq, 24, is eventually pinned to the ground and detained after a failed getaway during which he discards the converted handgun which he had stashed inside a bin bag.
Rafiq, from Trafford, has now been jailed for five years following the drama in which shots are said to have been fired. READ MORE: Police say vandalism on Rashford mural “not believed to be of a racial nature” - but are keeping an open mind The officers have been praised for potentially saving a life.
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