Appeal for information following a
shooting in Bootle, Merseyside
MERSEYSIDE Police are appealing for
information following an injury shooting, on Friday, 18 March 2016, in
Bootle. We are told that Emergency services were called at around 10pm to
Hapsford Road, Bootle to reports that a man had been injured. The man was
then taken to Hospital where he was treated for what Ploilice say:-
"is thought to be shotgun injuries to his legs." Detectives have
cordoned off the scene, which is a field adjacent to Hapsford Road, and
enquiries are on going in the area. Witnesses are being sought and house to
house enquiries have begun. The scene will be subject to a search and will
be forensically examined by Crime Scene Investigators. At this early stage
of the investigation to motive for the attack is unclear. Detectives are
working to piece together the circumstances of this incident and are
appealing for anyone who was in the area at the time or anyone who has any
information about this incident to contact the MSOC Guncrime Hotline on:-
0800 230 0600 or Crimestoppers anonymously on:- 0800 555 111. |