A bank where a man reportedly fired a gun inside will be closed for the next week.
Emergency services swarmed the Strand shopping centre in Bootle at around 12.25pm on Monday, May 30, following reports of a gun being fired. Police cordoned off the scene inside the centre while shaken staff were led away.
Eyewitnesses told police a man fired a gun in the bank branch and then made off from the scene on a dark mountain bike. No injuries were reported and an investigation was launched by detectives and extensive forensic enquiries are ongoing to establish whether a gun was fired.
