Disputes between rival street thugs are creating shooting hotspots in the city even as the number of firearms discharges remain at 20 year lows.
Successful proactive policing tactics, firearms recoveries and the results of the Encrochat hack rocking the higher tiers of the underworld are believed to have contributed to the encouraging numbers. But for some neighbourhoods, the headline fall in shootings does not seem to tell the full story.
One of the most striking set of incidents occurred over several weeks in the Mill Lane area of Wavertree, between April and June. On April 21 a woman in her 50s was shot in the legs by a man who burst into her home on Deverell Grove, seemingly looking for someone else.
