Police officers and a sniffer dog were sent out to search a park after a teenager was shot.
Merseyside Police is continuing to focus its attention on Everton Park following a shooting in the area on Tuesday, June 21. At around 10.45pm, it was reported that a 16-year-old boy had taken himself to the Royal Liverpool Hospital with gunshot wounds after being dropped off on an electric bike, which drove off down Prescot Road.
A police helicopter was seen circling over the area at around midnight and a section of the park remained sealed off the following day (June 22). It was later reported that scrambler bikes were seen causing havoc in the park just days before the shooting took place.