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Salford boy and mother shooting "linked to gang feuds" 

The shooting of a seven-year-old boy and his mother in Salford is linked to armed feuds between gangs in parts of Greater Manchester, police have said criminal gangs are using guns to settle disputes. the shooting of a mother and child may be linked to the murder of Salford "Mr big", Paul Massey. Security boss Mr Massey was shot outside his home in Salford and there is a possible link to a feud between rival gangs in the Swinton and central Salford areas. Deputy Chief Superintendent Russ Jackson of the Greater Manchester Police said rival gangs were understood to be involved in drug dealing, loan sharking and extortion, but the gang war may also be over other issues. Russ Jackson also says how these incidents are not always started over drugs but are also started over a disrespect of each other which causes gang members to turn against each other.  

Deputy Chief Constable Ian Hopkins said gun crime was "absolutely not" out of control in the city.He said a major police operation involving 50 detectives was already running in Salford  targeting organized crime. He said 30 guns had been seized since January there had been dozens of arrests and armed response units were working around the clock. 

I believe that the murders are related. They are all within a specific area and if it is not the same gang doing it is a group of gangs doing the murders. Maybe working together or trying one up each other by killing more people. I agree with the police when they say that this killing was "a sickening and cowardly attack" and I think that this gang violence and killings should be stopped as soon as possible.