Five Teenage Boys Arrested, Three Charged, in Prescot Shooting

By on Thursday, January 23, 2020

[Update 25/01/20: Three males – 14, from Prescot, 15 and 16, from Huyton – have been charged with attempted murder, Section 18 assault, possession of a firearm and possession of a bladed article. The other two arrested males have been released uncharged on conditional bail.]

Via Merseyside Police (see previous story here):

Detectives investigating an injury shooting earlier this week have arrested five males on suspicion of attempted murder, following warrants carried out this morning, Thursday 23 January.

The arrests come three days after the shooting of a 17-year-old male in Station Road at around 4.50pm on Monday 20 January. The victim was taken to hospital with an injury to his abdomen, and remains in hospital in a stable condition.

A total of four warrants were carried out in co-ordinated raids earlier this morning, in the Knowsley and Liverpool areas, resulting in the following arrests on suspicion of attempted murder, suspicion of possession of a firearm and possession of a bladed article:

A 15-year-old male from Huyton

A 15 -year-old male from Dovecot

A 17-year-old male from Dovecot

A 16-year-old male from Huyton

A 14-year-old male from Prescot

All have now been taken to police stations across Merseyside to be questioned.

Detective Inspector Sabi Kaur from our Firearms Investigation team said: “We want this morning’s action to send out a clear message to those involved in gun crime. We are determined to swiftly and decisively target those we suspect of being involved in firearms incidents.

“Our commitment to tackling gun crime is absolute and we’ll keep doing all in our power to disrupt those who create fear in our communities and put members of the public at risk by storing, carrying and using firearms and other weapons.

“The investigation into this incident continues, so I’d appeal to anyone with information who has yet to come forward to do so, including anyone with CCTV, dashcam or other footage.

“We’re grateful to all of those people who have passed information on about this incident. It enables such positive action to be taken, makes communities safer and shows that the vast majority of those who live in areas affected share our resolve to remove those who store, carry and use weapons off the streets.”

Anyone with information on gun crime can contact us directly via @MerPolCC, by calling 101 or the independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111, or report online at crimestoppers-uk.org.

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