Police appeal after two-year-old shot with pellet gun

A two-year-old boy has been shot with a pellet gun, as his mother took him out of his pushchair in Stockport.

The woman heard two popping sounds on Broadstone Hall Road South, at the junction with St Mary’s Drive in Reddish on Monday afternoon.

The child began to scream and his mother noticed blood on his right hand.

She assumed his hand had become trapped in the pram and quickly took him home, before deciding to take him to hospital.

As she arrived at hospital, she noticed a small metal pellet in the bottom of the pushchair.

Police now believe the child was shot with a pellet gun and are appealing for information.

• Anyone with information should call police on 0161 856 9619 or the independent charity Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.