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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Tobi Thomas

Teenager due in court over shooting of girl, 15, at Liverpool bus stop

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Police forensic tape marks the bullet hole in a bus stop in Upper Warwick Street, Liverpool, where a teenage girl was shot on Tuesday. Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA

An 18-year-old man has been charged with attempted murder after the shooting of a 15-year-old girl at a bus stop.

Rio Jones, has been charged with two counts of attempted murder, possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life, and possession of a controlled drug, Merseyside police said.

He was due to appear in court on Saturday.

The girl had finished school and was believed to have been standing at a bus stop on Upper Warwick Street in Liverpool’s Toxteth area when the incident happened shortly after 5pm on Tuesday.

She was said to be in a stable condition in hospital, and police said it was an “absolute miracle and a credit to the NHS” that she survived.

In a press conference at Merseyside police headquarters on Wednesday, officers said that they believed more than one offender was involved and that about four electric bikes may have been in use at the time.

Det Ch Supt Mark Kameen said: “It is still, and I have to reassure everyone, very early days in this investigation, however we are working incredibly hard, late into the night and from the early hours of the morning to ensure that this investigation has the absolute traction that it definitely requires.”

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