18-year-old seriously injured after being shot in Cheetham Hill

A teenager is seriously injured in hospital after being shot in north Manchester last night [Jan 6].

The 18-year-old man was driven to North Manchester General Hospital in Crumpsall with a gunshot wound shortly before 9pm on Monday.

Medical staff alerted Greater Manchester Police that the teenager had been shot.

The victim was driven to hospital by men in a silver Toyota Yaris who left before officers arrived.

It is believed the man was shot on Spender Avenue, in Cheetham Hill.

A police cordon remains in place there this morning, at the junction with Huxley Avenue.

No arrests have been made and police are continuing to investigate.

A black Range Rover with smashed windows can be seen within the cordon.

GMP said: