scene for clues early on, but this is a community that is still scared and is still fearful of what happened here and are desperate for reassurance. riff happened here and are desperate for reassurance- reassurance. of course, there have been so many reassurance. of course, there have been so many questions reassurance. of course, there have been so many questions since - reassurance. of course, there have been so many questions since this| been so many questions since this awful tragic event. obviously what happened is a tragic accident, but the underlying problems, the underlying reasons for the increased worries about violence are being looked at. but there is a long term and difficult to solve, aren t they? yes, police have talked in the past about concerns about people not being willing to come forward, the idea of a no grass culture, if you like. the police are hoping that this is an incident which has gone so far beyond the boundaries that people will be prepared to break t
with police activity? in we can see it s a very busy street with police activity? with police activity? in the past hour or so. with police activity? in the past hour or so, the with police activity? in the past hour or so, the police - with police activity? in the past hour or so, the police crime, i hour or so, the police crime, forensic experts arrived, number of people working on white suits in the garden and inside the house where the shooting happened, just on the left as you look at it here. police were called at around 10am, a man opened fire in a house, hitting a nine year old girl in the chest and critically injuring her. she was taken to hospital but died later. in the same incident, a man and a woman were also wounded, those two have also been taken to hospital. this happened on the 15th anniversary of the shooting of reecejones and a completely innocent young boy who was shot in a crossfire in a different part of liverpool 15 years ago. its because a couple days after
deserve to walk the streets. it happened on the 15th anniversary of the shooting of an innocent 11 year old boy, rhys the shooting of an innocent 11 year old boy, rhstones, shot deadin 11 year old boy, rhstones, shot dead in the crossfire of gang warfare in the croxteth area of liverpool. it is a coincidence but it will be on people s mind. people express condolences on social media yesterday, saying how much they remembered rhys yesterday, saying how much they remembered rhstones. he was a big everton fan, of course. now a nine year old girl shot in liverpool and police, as you heard, want to overcome this culture of not grassing to the police. when rhys jones was murdered police said there was not a wall of silence, people came forward because people knew who had done it, but the problem most people did not come forward with hard evidence. yesterday we spoke to the police about a separate shooting on sunday of a 28 year old woman and they made the point about this culture of not gras
for anyone who knows who is responsible for this shooting to remain tight lipped. it is time for our communities to come together with us and make merseyside a place where the use of guns on our streets is totally u na cce pta ble. and those who use them are held to account. our thoughts and condolences are with 0livia s family, who have been torn apart. no mum, no dad, no sister or brother should ever have to experience loss in this way. poignantly, 0livia was killed on the 15th anniversary of the murder of rhstones. his murder should have been a watershed moment in the battle against gun crime and the use of guns on our streets.
killer or killers to justice, and will be determined to do everything we possibly can to break up this sort of culture and out of gangs. which not by the way is just the repo, is in cities across the country. repo, is in cities across the country- repo, is in cities across the count . ., ., , , repo, is in cities across the count . ., ., , ., , country. you mentioned rhys jones, and for our country. you mentioned rhys jones, and for our audience, country. you mentioned rhys jones, and for our audience, to country. you mentioned rhys jones, and for our audience, to explain, - country. you mentioned rhys jones, and for our audience, to explain, it i and for our audience, to explain, it is the 15th anniversary of his murder. in that time, what has changed given that a nine year old has just been killed? changed given that a nine-year-old hasjust been killed? has ust been killed? interestingly, it hasjust been killed? interestingly, it was 15, hasjust been killed? interestingly,