A schoolgirl was shot at a bus cease simply minutes earlier than a person arrived at hospital with a gun wound.
The teenager was rushed to hospital and is presently believed to be in a critical situation after the Toxteth incident, Liverpool Echo studies.
Emergency companies have been known as to the realm shortly after 5pm on March 1
A short while later, police confirmed a person in his 20s arrived at hospital with a gunshot wound to his hand.
Officers are actually working to verify whether or not or not the incidents are linked.
In a press release, a spokesperson for Merseyside Police stated: "We are able to verify that officers are this night, Tuesday 1 March, on the scene of an damage capturing in Toxteth.
"We have been contacted at 5.10pm following studies that pictures had been fired on Higher Warwick Avenue and that a teenage woman had been injured.
"The woman has been taken to hospital the place she is presently in a critical situation.
"A short while later a person, in his 20s, turned up at hospital with a gunshot damage to his hand, which isn't life threatening.
"Enquiries are being carried out to determine if the 2 accidents are linked."
An investigation is underway and house-to-house, forensic and CCTV enquiries are being carried out within the native space. A variety of roads within the space have been sealed off as enquiries proceed.
Chief Inspector Col Rooney stated: “The investigation is within the very early phases as we search to determine what has taken place and who was concerned.
“Whereas I perceive it is a surprising incident for the local people we've got a big police presence within the space finishing up various strains of enquiry and I might encourage individuals to return ahead and inform us what they know.
“I might ask anybody who was within the space of Higher Warwick Avenue round 5.10pm this night who noticed or heard something suspicious or thinks they've captured something important on their cell phone, dashcam or Ring doorbell to contact us as a matter of urgency.
“There is no such thing as a room for weapons on the streets of Merseyside and we are going to do all the things we are able to to search out the particular person or individuals chargeable for this incident and convey them to justice.”
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