Teen gunman opened fire in shop as 'gang rivalry' spilled onto streets… with shooter also firing at delivery driver as he fled
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA teen gunman burst into a shop and opened fire as ‘gang rivalry’ spilled out into the streets of Stockport. Jacob Richards, then just 15, fired a gun three times in a shop in hulme>Cheadle Hulme, before shooting at a passing delivery driver who happened to witness his escape.
No-one was hurt. Richards, now 18, has been hauled before a court for an extraordinary catalogue of crimes, including involvement in an arson attack at a family home and a conspiracy to possess other firearms revealed by recordings of phone calls in prison.
Despite his tender age, prosecutors claimed he had become ‘firmly entrenched in a culture of gangs and guns’. He ‘bragged’ about his crimes in raps, also captured on calls recorded from jail, Manchester Crown Court heard. READ MORE: He tried to hide his crimes from police...
until he went to the dentist Prosecutors told how the shooting occurred in broad daylight at DA Shop on Worcester Road in the summer of 2021.
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