A woman was found dead with gunshot wounds on Merseyside in the early hours of the morning, police have said. A 79-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder.
Police were called around 1.45am to an address in Meadowbrook Road, Moreton, Merseyside, where a woman in her 50s was found unresponsive. She was pronounced dead at the scene with a gunshot wound to her chest.
The man is known to the victim, police say, and is currently being questioned by police. A murder investigation has been launched with a cordon still in place.
