Liverpoolโ Pubโ Car Parkโ Cordoned Off โFollowing Leg Shooting
A pub car park in Liverpool has been cordoned off as police investigate a shooting that โleftโ a man hospitalized withโ leg injuries. The incident occurred overnight,โ with a meaningful police presenceโ established this morning.
Police were called to Radway Road, where an extensive cordon was erected โขaround a section of the road โandโ the adjacent pub car park. Forensic specialists were seen enteringโค the pub around 9:30 a.m., and โthreeโข police vehicles remained at the scene. Medical โequipment โฃand a blue tarpaulin were observed nearโ the front gate of a โproperty within theโค cordon.
Initial reportsโ suggest theโ shooting involved two gunmen. โWhile no arrests have been made, Merseyside Police โhave launched an examination and are appealing โfor facts.
“We are stillโ in the veryโข early โคstages of an investigation and are steadfast to findโฃ the offendersโ responsible,” stated Detectiveโข Chief โขInspector โขPhil Atkinson. โ”A young man is currentlyโ in hospital with severalโ injuries โคto โhis leg following a violent โขincident โin our community thus I want to reassure residents living in โขtheโ area,that we โare taking this incident extremely seriously and are relentless in our pursuit of those involved in โgun crime.”
Police โขare specifically requesting CCTV orโข dashcam โfootage fromโข anyone who may haveโข been โinโข the area. One local resident, speaking toโค the Liverpool Echo, โคexpressed โฃdismay, stating, “It doesn’t surprise you anymore, does it? Theseโ kids are running around with guns and knives allโข the time. The area knows whatโฃ happens with theseโ idiots.What aboutโข little Olivia up the road?” – aโค reference to the tragic shooting of Olivia Pratt-Korbel in โข2022.
Radway Road โคshowed noโค police activity shortly after 7:00 a.m., but the cordon was in โplace by shortly after.Anyone with information is โurged to contact Merseysideโ police.
