Two men have been shot and killed by the police along Old Greenvale Road in Mandeville, Manchester, in a fatal confrontation involving a silver Toyota motor vehicle.
According to the police, they were acting on information that men traveling in a silver Toyota Axio motor vehicle pulled a firearm on someone.
After reportedly locating a vehicle that matches the description at around 6:55am, officers instructed the driver to pull over and were alleged greeted with gunfire.
After the shooting subsided, both men were unresponsive in the bullet riddled car at the entrance of Balvenie.
One man was seated in the front passenger seat and was wearing a green shirt and short blue jeans. The driver was wearing a white shirt.
One high powered rifle along with ammunition was reportedly recovered according to the police.
Further information is needed to establish the identities of the deceased men and provide a clearer account of what happened.
INDECOM is currently on the scene.
