TWO people have been charged following a shooting in Eccles.

Robert White,22, of Crowngreen Road, Eccles has been charged with section 18 assault, possession of a firearm with intent and possession of ammunition.

Lewis Gerrand, 26, of Springside Avenue, Worsley has been charged with section 18 assault, possession of a firearm with intent, possession of ammunition, possession of an offensive weapon and affray.

They were remanded in custody to appear at Manchester Magistrates Court on April 6.

At around 10.50pm on Wednesday 3 April 2019, police were called by the North West Ambulance Service to Boundary Road in Irlam to a report that a man had been shot.

Specialist officers attended and a man in his 20s was taken to hospital where he has been treated for a gunshot wound to the leg.

Further enquiries established that the shooting had occurred off Barton Lane, Eccles.