Local residents said the shots were fired by a teenage boy who rode past the Fir Tree pub in Croxteth on a BMX bike, with his face obscured by a hood.Where is your "gun ban" now?
The suspects arrested by the police are aged 14 and 18.
Paramedics worked to try to save Rhys, who had been playing football with friends, and he was said to be in a critical condition when he arrived at Alder Hey hospital. He was later confirmed dead.
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A man is facing a murder charge after a brutal stabbing yesterday morning claimed the life of a 35-year-old man and left residents of an East York apartment building shaken.Profile the offenders... not the tools they use.
Tenants of 6 Milepost Pl., near Don Mills Rd. and Overlea Blvd., were awakened in their apartments by screams just after 7 a.m. and ran outside to find Engin Yilmaz lying lifeless in a pool of blood with several stab wounds to his chest.
Charged with second-degree murder is Hikmet Dasdemir, 35.