A post on a teenager's social media account boasted "it was me who shot up" after he shot an innocent schoolgirl. Rio Jones, 19, was jailed for life for attempted murder after the shooting.
The Liverpool Echo reports that the gunman was handed a lifetime imprisonment with a minimum term of 16-and-a-half years last week. This punishment came after being found guilty during trial at Liverpool Crown Court of attempting to murder Shakur Watson.
During the incident on March 1, 2022, the teenager fired six gunshots as he pursued a rival gang member through the streets of Liverpool. During the chase, a 15-year-old girl was struck in the neck by a stray bullet and suffered lung damage and a shattered vertebrae in her spine from the attack.
