Family pay tribute to man shot dead in pub attack

THE family of a father-of-one gunned down in a pub have paid tribute to a “young man with a big heart”.

Relatives of 23-year-old Mark Short, who was shot in a Greater Manchester pub by a lone gunman on Friday, also branded his killers “cowards”.

Three other men were injured when a masked man opened fire on a group of people standing around a pool table in the Cotton Tree pub in Market Street, Droylsden. The shooting happened shortly before 11:50pm on Friday.

In a tribute issued through Greater Manchester Police, Mr Short’s family said: “On May 25 we lost our son Mark. He was a loving son, brother, father and boyfriend to Naomi. Mark was taken away from us by cowards.

“People who knew Mark, knew him as a young man with a big heart. He would not think twice about helping his family and friends when they were in need.”