Businessman gunned down in Manchester

Manchester businessman and millionaire Lionel Marks was shot and wounded in the streets outside one of his businesses last night along with three of his associates. One of the men died on the scene while Marks and two others were rushed into Surgery and then I.T.U where they are still on life support equipment.
Marks, a man who has come to prominence in the last few years, was shot at close range multiple times, his associates managed to drag his body away but were shot as well as they helped their friend. If not for the intervention of local hero and 'Crusader' Apex they would surely have died.
Apex arrived on the scene and attacked the Chinese gunmen bringing both down very quickly allowing him to deliver life saving first aid to the wounded.
This hit was seen as yet another attempt by the Triads to remove the current controllers of the Manchester area and so allow them to step in, with this hit interrupted it leaves their plans in further turmoil.
At the same time as Marks was gunned down the a Chinese clothes warehouse was hit by a costumed villain across town. Police arrived to discover thirteen bodies that had been murdered with edged weapons, nothing was reported to have been taken from the warehouse and the murders are being linked to the recent gang troubles in the area.
Verity Luce