Hunt for the one-eyed 'hitman': Armed police toting machine guns, pistols and Tasers swoop on quiet street in hunt for suspect 'who shot dad father and son'

• Dale Cregan and Anthony Wilkinson are suspected of killing David Short who was gunned down on his driveway last Friday
• Mr Cregan is also wanted for the murder of Mr Short's son Mark, 23, who was shot dead in a pub in May
• Police swooped on a road in Droylsden, Manchester this week and arrested one man, but the prime suspects are still at large

Armed with semi-automatic machine guns, their faces covered with balaclavas, these dramatic pictures show how police swooped on a quiet street as the hunt for two men suspected of gunning down a father and son in a gangland shooting intensified.
Dozens of officers descended in armoured vehicles to surround a road in Droylsden, Greater Manchester in the hunt for one-eyed Dale Cregan, 29, of Droylsden, and Anthony Wilkinson, 33, of Beswick.
Both fugitives are wanted in connection with David Short's murder while Mr Cregan is also suspected of killing Mr Short's son Mark, 23, who was shot in the neck as he played pool in the Cotton Tree Inn in Droylsden in May.

Arrests: Dozens of armed officers in balaclavas and bullet proof vests surrounded a red car in York Road, in Droylsden, Greater Manchester as the hunt for two murder suspects intensified on Tuesday

Drama: Police carried guns as they swooped on the road in full view of shocked neighbours who gathered behind police cordons to watch the drama unfold. A 28-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of murder

David Short, 46, was blasted to death on his driveway in a gun and grenade attack in Clayton, Greater Manchester last Friday.
On Tuesday, police immediately cornered a red car in York Road, Droylsden and, after searching homes, arrested a 28-year-old man on suspicion of murder in full view of shocked neighbours who gathered behind police cordons to watch the drama unfold.
At least three armoured assault Land Rovers, two police dog units and dozens of marked police cars were at the scene. At one point officers appeared to be going from door to door in search of the two wanted men, who are still at large.

   

Dale Cregan, pictured, is wanted in relation to the murder of Mark Short - police are urging him to hand himself in after a man was killed at a house in Clayton, Manchester

Airports and ports are on alert in the hunt for Mr Cregan and Mr Wilkinson, who are also wanted for a second grenade attack just nine minutes after David Short's death, in nearby Droylsden.
The public have been warned not to approach either men.
Yesterday it emerged that David Short's killers tried to cover their tracks by blowing up a getaway van.
Images of the white Vauxhall Combo and new details of its movements have been released as part of a hunt for the suspects.
The images show the van's bodywork peppered with holes from ball bearings packed inside a grenade.
Police believe the grenade - which is not thought to be of British origin - was detonated inside in a bid to destroy the van and evidence.
Detectives said the van, which was hired legitimately from Salford Van Hire at 4.40pm last Thursday, was found abandoned at the end of Luke Road, near the entrance to Lees Park, shortly after Friday's attacks.
They believe it was used by the killers to travel between Clayton and Droylsden.
Pictures released by police show Mr Cregan with a fake onyx eye - although he is believed to have several normal looking eyes in different colours.
He apparently told friends he lost his eye after being hit with a knuckle duster during a fight with police in Thailand.
The Short family have been at loggerheads with a rival family for more than 10 years but it spilled into bloodshed in May when Mark Short was killed.
It is understood David Short vowed revenge for his son's death and had threatened to murder relatives of his son's killer in retaliation.

Murder: David Short (left), who was gunned down on his driveway on Friday, and Mark Short, right, who was shot in the neck as he played pool at the Cotton Tree Inn in Droylsden in May. Police are hunting two suspects

It is believed he may have been killed in a 'pre-emptive strike'.
It is also understood that Mr Short had been repeatedly warned that his life was in danger and had taken to wearing a bulletproof vest as far back as eight years ago.
By 2004, police had issued him with three 'Osman' warnings - served when officers receive intelligence that someone is at risk of serious harm or being killed.
They can lead to people being placed under police protection.
In 2006 Short was jailed for six years for possessing a firearm with intent, after he and his late son Mark drove a gunman away from a street where shots were fired in broad daylight.
Six months after the shooting Short battered a man during a drunken row at the Garibaldi pub in Gorton, which led to a conviction for wounding.
Short had been in the dock years earlier when, back in the nineties, he was accused of intimidating a witness after threatening a woman while wearing a balaclava.

At least three armoured assault Land Rovers, two police dog units and dozens of marked police cars were at the scene. At one point officers appeared to be going from door to door in search of the two wanted men

Short's son Mark also had a history of violence.
He admitted firearms offences following the 2006 incident involving his father, but was spared a stint in a young offenders' institution.
But, by 2008 he had been locked up for five years - and branded a dangerous young man by a judge sentencing him for robbery and grievous bodily harm.
The amateur boxer had been one of a gang of three who carjacked a 60-year-old man in Clayton.
Short had gone on to knock a shopkeeper unconscious in an attack three months later.
Asst Chief Constable Steve Heywood, said: 'Over the past few days, an intensive police operation has been underway to identify and trace those involved in these violent attacks, which have left one man dead.

Cordon: Emergency services, including an Army bomb disposal unit were deployed to two addresses near Manchester after David Short's murder on Friday. He was gunned down on his driveway

'Armed officers have also been patrolling in the Clayton and Droylsden areas to provide reassurance to residents.

'While we do not believe these two attacks were random, people in the area are understandably concerned by what has happened.

'We are continuing to look for two men - Cregan and Wilkinson - who we want to speak to in connection with Friday's attacks.
'We are urging any members of the public who have seen them since Friday morning, or who know where they are now, to contact us immediately. Please do not try and approach these men, but call the police on 999.'
Three men, aged 37, 25 and 28, have been arrested on suspicion of the murder of David Short and two have been bailed.
Four men have been charged with the murder of Mark Short.