Police investigate two shootings in the suburbs of Oldham
Date published: 06 January 2020

Police are investigating two shootings
Detectives are investigating two shootings, one at a house and one at a car, in Oldham.
Both happened thirty minutes apart, in the early hours of Friday morning, just before 2am (January 3rd).
The front window of a terraced house was shot through, on Wellington Road, in Werneth.
Then the rear windscreen of a car, parked on Werneth Hill Road, was also damaged.
Nobody was injured during either incident, but police suspect they could be linked.
Officers are continuing to investigate both incidents and are appealing for anyone with information to come forward.
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