Police are investigating after two gangs of youths fought a gun battle on the streets of Manchester.

Officers found 10 bullet casings on the ground, gunshot damage to a car and one bullet lodged in a fence, after the exchange of fire between the rival groups.

The fight broke out around 7.50pm on Monday in Holywood Street, Moss Side.

Shortly after 8am yesterday, police also received a report of damage caused to a Vauxhall Corsa in Maine Road, around the corner from Holywood Street.

Officers have confirmed that the damage was caused by gunshots. No injuries have been reported.

Police believe the two incidents are linked.

Moss Side has suffered endemic gun violence for decades. The latest high-profile victim of the area's gun gangs is Jessie James, the 15-year-old boy shot dead as he cycled through a park in September last year.

No-one has yet been charged with his murder.