A CCTV still of a motorcyclist and passenger have been released by officers who are investigating a shooting in Salford.

A 36-year-old man was shot yesterday as he waited in his car at a set of traffic lights in Langworthy Road, at the junction with Eccles New Road.

The victim's 11-year-old son was sat in the passenger seat of the vehicle at the time and suffered minor injuries.

Police were called to the scene shortly before 2.40pm and are treating the shooting as a targeted attack.

Officers labelled the crime "a disgrace", stating that "a child could have been killed."

The police investigation has established that the victim was driving a Seat Leon when a motorcycle with a passenger on the back pulled up alongside him.

The passenger produced a handgun and fired one shot into the car, which hit the victim in the shoulder and lodged inside his body before the offenders fled the scene.

The driver was not fatally injured and was able to get himself to hospital, where he remains receiving treatment.

Police are treating the shooting as a targeted attack and an attempted murder investigation has been launched.

They said that initial enquiries have indicated that the incident is linked to a shooting that took place in Howard Street on February 6, 2019. No one was injured on that occasion.

Police have appealed for anyone with information to contact them and have also requested dash cam footage.

Det Chief Insp Amber Waywell, of Greater Manchester Police’s Major Incident Team, said: “This incident could easily have gone another way and we could have been talking about a child being seriously injured or even killed after a shooting.

“For a child to witness an incident such as this is nothing short of disgraceful. This goes beyond organised crime and anybody who would be willing to open fire in front of a child needs to be found and brought to justice.

“We have a dedicated Major Incident Team working on the investigation and we have a number of lines of enquiry that we are following, however I want to urge any members of the public who may have information to please contact us.

“Given the time and location the incident took place, we believe there could have been a number of witnesses, and we are particularly keen to speak with anyone who may have dash cam footage which shows the circumstances leading up to the shooting or the immediate aftermath.

“We cannot allow a minority of individuals to perpetrate this kind of crime and we need the communities help to bring a stop to incidents such as this. I want to stress that any intelligence passed onto police will be treated in the strictest confidence.”

Anyone with information should call police on 101 or Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.