The moment pandemonium broke out at Caribbean Carnival after-party - before Manchester lad murdered by Yorkshire rivals
The sun beat down on Moss Side as Manchester's Caribbean Carnival made its long-awaited return. Restrictions imposed due to the coronavirus pandemic meant 2022's event was the first to be held in two years.
CCTV footage released for the first time shows mass panic after a gun was fired, moments before a young man was stabbed to death. It was a miracle no-one else was caught in the crossfire. Her testimony at the subsequent murder trial brought to mind gangland killings which helped Moss Side gain its unwanted reputation of years gone by. But last summer, it was not young men from Manchester who were responsible for the horror on its streets.
"I just started crying," she said. "It was the most horrific thing I’ve ever seen in my life. I couldn't believe what I was seeing." Three young men who had travelled to Manchester with Javell, Mikyle Bucknor, 19 and Karmarni Batler, 20, both had handguns. Harlan Richards, 19, had a sawn off shotgun. At one point, caught on the CCTV footage, Bucknor pointed his gun at Simeon Baptiste, who was with the rival group.
"For residents to wake up in the morning to this, it shouldn't be happening," local councillor Dr Erinma Bell said at the time. She more than most knows the devastation that can be caused by gun crime. Her close-knit family, including his three young sisters, will never get over their tragic loss. "Our thoughts remain with Javell’s loved ones who have been devastated by his murder," Detective Chief Inspector Neil Higginson, of Greater Manchester Police, said after Friday's sentencing hearing.
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