Shots fired at a house in Bolton
3:40pm Tuesday 18th December 2012 in Local
Police are appealing for witnesses after shots were fired at a house in Bolton.
Police were called to a house on Parkfield Avenue in Farnworth following a report a window had been smashed shortly after 5pm yesterday.
Officers attended and discovered a window had been damaged after gun shots were fired.
There were no occupants in the address at the time of the incident and no one was injured.
Detective Inspector Gary Smith from Bolton CID said: “We are in the early stages of this investigation, but after a search of the area, it was established shots had been fired at the house and the offenders then left.
“Thankfully no one was injured as a result of this dangerous and reckless act, but I want to reassure residents that not only are there extra officers in and around the area, but we will do everything we can to identify whoever is responsible. We do not believe there is a risk to the wider public.
“If anyone saw anything last night or thinks they might know who is responsible, please call us.”
Anyone with information is asked to call police at Bolton CID on 0161 856 5740, or Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.
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Comments (74)
6:26pm Tue 18 Dec 12
Sasa Curcic says...
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funfair says...
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grimtown says...
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grimtown says...
8:24pm Tue 18 Dec 12
macauley says...
8:49pm Tue 18 Dec 12
funfair says...
11:06pm Tue 18 Dec 12
mr.mark.c says...
As much as I hate so called 'muslim' extremists the comments here started being racist by assuming it was Pakistanis without any proof, maybe it was white drugs (again assuming) gangs???
Or someones 15yr old got pregnant and they decided to get a gun and go scare them?
My guess would be pub rage seeing that they closed the flying glass pub ;)
11:20pm Tue 18 Dec 12
funfair says...
11:41pm Tue 18 Dec 12
macauley says...
12:07am Wed 19 Dec 12
mr.mark.c says...
Infact we just got some druggies evicted from our nice quiet area :)
12:15am Wed 19 Dec 12
Mandy.D says...
so it was either about drugs or robbery so it's a pitty he wasn't at home.
1:19am Wed 19 Dec 12
wild one says...
1:30am Wed 19 Dec 12
mr.mark.c says...
Well said
9:30am Wed 19 Dec 12
Hough64 says...
9:40am Wed 19 Dec 12
Hough64 says...
11:10am Wed 19 Dec 12
MMHolmes says...
They spout off to anybody who'll listen with their wholly inaccurate "facts" (dirty smackhead rapist - who turned out to actually be a terrified young mother), some scumbag wannabe gets hold of a gun and decides to mete out some summary justice based off Mandy's flawed intelligence (in more sense than one of the word) and before you know it, some poor young kid's having her front windows shot out.
Given that Mandy D appears to know more about the basis for this incident than the rest of us, perhaps The Bolton News should fulfill its civic duty and pass her details onto the local CID?
11:58am Wed 19 Dec 12
boltonnut says...
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berushka says...
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boltoncity says...
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boltoncity says...
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Hough64 says...
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Bob Shaftoe says...
1:32pm Wed 19 Dec 12
wild one says...
1:38pm Wed 19 Dec 12
Hough64 says...
1:48pm Wed 19 Dec 12
wild one says...
1:50pm Wed 19 Dec 12
MMHolmes says...
So none of Farnworth's indigenous population have ever done anything wrong, have they? It's all the scum from Little Hulton and Salford committing all the crime is it?
Pull your head out of your arze and stop talking nonsense, mate.
I'm not here on a Farnworth bashing exercise, but to simply blame people from neighboring areas for its problems is childish rubbish.
Unlike many of the contributors on here (I suspect), I've lived in Farnworth and I know what it's like.
It's like everywhere else - good bits and not so good bits.
2:03pm Wed 19 Dec 12
Bob Shaftoe says...
2:56pm Wed 19 Dec 12
Michaela_ says...
3:10pm Wed 19 Dec 12
MMHolmes says...
I grew up in a big house in Smithills, wanted for nothing, went to a good school and university, got a good job and settled down with a lovely family.
I'm lucky.
However, along the way I've lived allover the place and I've mixed with all sorts of people.
And let me tell you that I'd rather spend two minutes in the company of somebody (like me) who's working class and has got their head screwed on, rather than some jumped up nobody who think's they're middle class just because they've got Sky+ and can afford to go to Spain twice a year.
Believe me, Little Hulton is no worse than several parts of Bolton that I know well.
The people make an area and there are people I know in Little Hulton who are ten times nicer / more upstanding / morally better directed than whole swathes of people I know who live in Smithills, Bromley Cross, Lostock and the like.
(And Farnworth's been full of guns for years, by the way. You could buy one in The Shakespeare for about two hundred quid about twenty years back...)
3:53pm Wed 19 Dec 12
Bob Shaftoe says...
3:56pm Wed 19 Dec 12
davoovad says...
4:22pm Wed 19 Dec 12
bronson07 says...
!!!!!!!!!!
4:26pm Wed 19 Dec 12
MMHolmes says...
£200 quid for the weapon, tenner a bullet.
And they'd buy it back for £50 after you'd finished with it, IF it hadn't been fired.
Cheaper than a divorce....
4:49pm Wed 19 Dec 12
wild one says...
6:31pm Wed 19 Dec 12
Mandy.D says...
6:52pm Wed 19 Dec 12
Mandy.D says...
The target was obviously her heroin addict boyfriend who would rob from you as soon as look at you who got out of prison earlier this year after serving his sentance for rape.
and i like a LOT of people from the area know this.
And as for being a jeremy kyle watching scrote oh how very wrong you are i work 50 hours a week to provide for my three children so i do not have time to watch daytime tv and i am no scrote.
6:57pm Wed 19 Dec 12
mr.mark.c says...
Is the Kyle show the one where the babies have more teeth than the parents ?
8:44pm Wed 19 Dec 12
davoovad says...
9:10pm Wed 19 Dec 12
macauley says...
11:17pm Wed 19 Dec 12
MMHolmes says...
That was my whole point. And thankyou for proving it.
I suggested that you obviously know more about this shooting than the rest of us. And you've proved it by revealing more "insider info" about her boyfriend that hadn't previously been mentioned on here. Ergo (google it, luv), you know who was involved in this shooting and you can expect a visit from The Plod.
Because I'm e-mailing Crimestoppers and the GMP website right now with a link to this discussion and a suggestion that they ask the BN for your user details and IP address, as you obviously have more to tell about this terrible incident.
Well done. Hoist by your own petard.
(Again, google it, luv).
11:52pm Wed 19 Dec 12
trish1975 says...
Do you live near anyone who has been the victim of a crime, my guess is probably yes well by you reasoning you must know who commited that crime so maybe the police should be sent to your house.
12:22am Thu 20 Dec 12
mr.mark.c says...
The 22 year old baby factory was not the target, it was the dirty smack head rapist that thinks he is the dad after serving time in jail for rape.
But she really needs to shut her legs, single with 3 and another on the way at 22, all paid for by working people.... It makes me sick.
Oh sorry, she isnt single, she has a rapist living there ??????
1:46am Thu 20 Dec 12
MMHolmes says...
Anyroad, your point is confused. Yes, I do know people who've been the victim of a crime. My own parents in Smithills for one were burgled a few years back. You probably got a telly for your kids' bedroom out of it. Well done.
Anyway, back on point - I pointed out the fact that your acquaintance / sister obviously knows who committed this crime and she should feel morally obliged to call the police. But if she couldn't be arzed, I'd only be too happy to point them in the right direction. Via the BN. And Crimestoppers. Which I did.
So sleep tight.
And expect a knock on your door soon...
1:56am Thu 20 Dec 12
MMHolmes says...
Sorry Trish, my mistake.......
You should be so proud. You've raised a good'un. Obviously...
And a **** load of grand-scrotes, no doubt who will carry on the fine family tradition of being no-marks who claim benefit and have big mouths.....
9:43am Thu 20 Dec 12
bronson07 says...
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MarkAllRead says...
10:06am Thu 20 Dec 12
Bob Shaftoe says...
Daubhill? Union Road etc etc. Please tell us.
10:36am Thu 20 Dec 12
Farnworth001 says...
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5:51pm Fri 21 Dec 12
MMHolmes says...
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Oh the irony......
11:01pm Fri 21 Dec 12
macauley says...
10:28am Sat 22 Dec 12
Flycatcher says...
12:39pm Sat 22 Dec 12
WanderersIdiot says...
There's a lot if folk on here that seriously need to check themselves over.
Children.
4:08pm Sat 22 Dec 12
Rememberscarborough says...
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macauley says...
3:01pm Mon 24 Dec 12
proudboltonian says...
You need to shuts this blog down
Regards
9:17pm Mon 24 Dec 12
davroduk1 says...
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12:39pm Wed 26 Dec 12
macauley says...