A Liverpool man shot in the back while on holiday in California told the ECHO he "feels sorry" for the man who very nearly took his life.
Shaun Byrne, 35, was drinking with friends outside a bar in Venice Beach, Los Angeles, when an altercation took place with an American man in the street. A friend of the man pulled out a handgun and chased Shaun, from Old Swan, and his friend, from Birmingham, before opening fire at close range.
This week the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) issued a wanted appeal for suspected gunman Brandon Manyo Dixon after the incident, on Saturday, July 30.