Man charged after gun fired in Sale

Police were called to reports of a disturbance on Eastway on Wednesday morning

Published 24th Jan 2019

A man has been charged after a gun was fired in Sale.

Francis Beal (17/11/1993) of no fixed address has been charged with possession of a firearm with intent to cause serious injury.

He has been remanded in custody and will appear today (Thursday 24 January 2019) at Manchester and Salford Magistrates’ Court.

Shortly before 9.50am on Tuesday 22 January 2019, police were called to reports of a disturbance on Eastway.

Witnesses reported seeing a man aiming and firing a handgun at a black M Sport BMW, before the car fled.

Luckily no one was injured. At the scene, officers found evidence of a firearms discharge and recovered a handgu