Anthony Grainger died in 2012 TWO of three investigations into the fatal shooting of Bolton man Anthony Grainger have concluded with the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) finding that the conduct of a Greater Manchester Police (GMP) officer involved did not breach professional standards. Mr Grainger, 36, who was unarmed, was fatally wounded in Culcheth, Cheshire, by a Greater Manchester Police (GMP) firearms officer during a police operation in March 2012. He was shot in the chest whilst sitting in a stolen Audi with two other occupants. The armed officer fired a single shot from a Heckler & Koch MP5 semi-automatic carbine with the bullet going through the windscreen and hitting Mr Grainger.
Anthony Grainger family s fury after collapse of police watchdog investigation into flawed GMP probe which ended with his fatal shooting This investigation was doomed from the outset.
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The family of a dad who was shot dead during an armed police swoop nine years ago following a seriously flawed investigation have spoken of their dismay at the collapse of a watchdog probe.