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22/06/2015
Police Investigate Shooting In Merseyside
An investigation has been launched following reports of shots being fired in Dovecot in the early hours of Sunday morning.
Police were called to the area at about 4am on Sunday and patrols found damage caused to a house.
The Matrix Serious Organised Crime unit of Mersyside Police is investigating the incident as well as reports that loud bangs, believed by residents to be gunshots, were heard in Aldwark Road five hours earlier at 10.37pm.
The house was secured overnight to allow a comprehensive search for evidence of a firearms discharge to take place during the rest of the weekend however no evidence has so far been found.
Neighbourhood patrols have been stepped up in the area to provide reassurance to the local community.
Anyone with information is urged to call the guncrime hotline on 0800 230 0600 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
(MH/CD)
Police were called to the area at about 4am on Sunday and patrols found damage caused to a house.
The Matrix Serious Organised Crime unit of Mersyside Police is investigating the incident as well as reports that loud bangs, believed by residents to be gunshots, were heard in Aldwark Road five hours earlier at 10.37pm.
The house was secured overnight to allow a comprehensive search for evidence of a firearms discharge to take place during the rest of the weekend however no evidence has so far been found.
Neighbourhood patrols have been stepped up in the area to provide reassurance to the local community.
Anyone with information is urged to call the guncrime hotline on 0800 230 0600 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
(MH/CD)
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