Liverpool double shooting

Merseyside Police have said Joe Thompson, who was gunned down early on Wednesday morning, died from multiple gunshot wounds.

Mr Thompson, 32, was shot, in Ravensthorpe Green in Norris Green at around 1am.

Another 27-year-old man was also wounded and remains in a serious but stable condition in hospital.

The Assistant Chief Constable of Merseyside Police says the man killed in a double shooting in Liverpool was very well known to police with a significant criminal background.

The force is not confirming the name of the victim, although he has been named locally as Joe Thompson.

ACC Andy Ward says the dead man’s brother was himself shot four times and seriously injured in April.

The senior officer said the family gave police no assistance in that investigation.

He added that the force is dealing with ‘criminals fighting over turf’ in a series of shootings in recent months.

But ACC Ward said the exact motive of the latest gun attack was unclear.

A man in his 20s is stable in hospital following the shooting on Ravensthorpe Green in the early hours of this morning.

The victim of a shooting in Liverpool has been named locally as Joseph Thompson.

Police say a man in his 30s was gunned down in Norris Green in the early hours of this morning.

Another man in his 20s was injured and is critically ill in hospital.

The victim of a shooting in Liverpool was a 'great man and a great father', according to family friends who have left flowers at the scene.

Police say a man in his 30s has died. Another man in his 20s is critically injured in hospital.

Detectives say it was a targeted attack at 1am this morning.

A police forensics team is now at the scene of the shooting in Norris Green, Liverpool.

Family friends have left flowers at the scene with the message 'Rest in Peace Joe'.

One man is dead and another is critically injured following the shooting in Ravensthorpe Green.

The scene of this morning's fatal shooting overlooks Scargreen Playing Fields in Norris Green.

Another man in his 20s is being treated for serious injuries in hospital. Merseyside police say the motive is still not clear but say it was a targeted attack

Police have cordoned off the scene where a double shooting left one man dead and another critically injured in Liverpool in the early hours of this morning.

A forensics tent has been put up at the spot where a man in his 30s was declared dead at the scene on Ravensthorpe Green in Norris Green.