A number of stores were closed at a shopping centre after a man reportedly fired a gun in a bank.
Merseyside Police rushed to Bootle Strand Shopping Centre at around 12.25pm on Monday, May 30, following reports of a man firing a gun inside. Once officers arrived at the scene they were told by eyewitnesses the shots were fired at Halifax bank and the man made off from the scene on a dark mountain bike.
People at the centre said they saw customers running out of the doors and calling for help after the incident. No injuries were reported but members of staff and customers in the bank were left "extremely shaken" by the incident, police said.
