FORMER Manchester United player, Ravel Morrison, has paid tribute to the man shot dead in Urmston this week.

Andre Marshall was found dead with gunshot wounds to his torso and leg just before 7.30am on Wednesday, June 20, lying in the road next to a car in Manor Park.

Police confirmed that Mr Marshall, formerly of Whalley Range, was a member of the Gooch Gang and was jailed in 2008 for his part in an attack on a gym goer in Moss Side Leisure Centre, in which a man was hit in the face with a machine gun.

Former Manchester United player, Ravel Morrison, is among those to have paid tribute to Mr Marshall online.

He tweeted: “It's mad I can be with someone 2 days later there gone.. R.I.P Dre.”

A separate tweet added: “Dre M R.I.P Brother gone but never forgotten Only 2 days ago we made plans how you could get rich.”

Anyone with information on the shooting can call police on 0161 8562491, or 101, or Crimestoppers on 0800 555111.