Anthony Grainger inquiry: police to blame for fatal shooting
by Nazia Parveen North of England correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#4JYS5)
Report criticises Greater Manchester force for serious deficiencies in its firearms unit
A public inquiry into the shooting of an unarmed man has found that Greater Manchester police (GMP) was entirely to blame for his death due to serious failings in its firearms unit.
Anthony Grainger, 36, was shot through the chest as he sat in a car in the village of Culcheth, Cheshire, by an armed police officer known as "Q9". Detectives believed he and two others were planning to hold up a supermarket and had access to firearms on the evening of 3 March 2012. However, no weapons were found in the red Audi.
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