Overview
- Police say officers tried to stop a vehicle on Bury New Road and a firearms officer fired after the car failed to stop and drove directly at officers on Friday.
- The driver, a 20-year-old man, was taken to hospital with an arm injury described by police as neither life‑threatening nor life‑changing.
- Greater Manchester Police arrested a 20-year-old at the scene on suspicion of being concerned in the supply of Class A drugs.
- Overnight searches of an address in Radcliffe recovered a firearm and a significant quantity of Class A and Class B drugs, police said.
- The IOPC has opened an independent inquiry, its investigators attended the scene, and forensic teams continue evidence gathering to establish whether the use of force was lawful.