Suspects linked to organised crime were woken up by armed police and strike teams destroying their front doors this morning as police put together a response to a week of horrific violence.
One of the raids saw a 20-year-old man arrested on suspicion of the murder of Sam Rimmer, the 22-year-old man shot dead in Lavrock Bank, Dingle, on Tuesday August 16. Two further arrests, of a 17-year-old youth and a 21-year-old man, on suspicions of Mr Rimmer's murder followed later today.
Merseyside Police was keen to send the message it was determined to smash organised crime networks in the city following the murder of Mr Rimmer, followed in days by the savage gun killings of 28-year-old Ashley Dale at her home in Old Swan and nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel in Dovecot.
