A road has been cordoned off in Kirkby after a "serious" police incident.
Alvina Lane is currently cordoned off by Merseyside Police with a number of police cars at the scene. Eyewitnesses have told the Liverpool ECHO that there has been a shooting but this has not been confirmed by police.
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- FULL STORY
- FULL STATEMENT FROM POLICE
- Gang of men on Sur Ron bikes
- Statement from Chief Inspector Dave Currie
- Reported shooting
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FULL STORY
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Forensics at the crime scene
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FULL STATEMENT FROM POLICE
We are this evening. Friday 22nd December, investigating following reports shots were fired at a house in Kirkby.
We were contacted at 7.50pm following reports damage had been caused to a door of a property in Alvina Lane.
There are no reports of anyone being injured.
An investigation is underway and house-to-house, witness and CCTV enquiries are being carried out in the local area.
Chief Inspector Dave Currie said: “It is very early stages as we seek to establish what has taken place and we are speaking to people in the local area to understand what has happened.
“It appears a group of males on Sur Ron bikes turned up at a house in Alvina Lane and shots were fired towards a doorway.
“Thankfully nobody was injured but clearly incidents such as this have the potential to have serious or even fatal consequences.
“I would ask anyone who has information about this incident or was in the vicinity of Alvina Lane this evening and witnessed any suspicious behaviour to contact us a matter of urgency.
“Guns have no place on our streets and the public need to tell us what they know so we can take action.”
Anyone with information can DM @MerPolCC, call 101 or contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 quoting log 863 of 22nd December.
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Officers investigating crime scene
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Scene on Alvina Lane
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Gang of men on Sur Ron bikes
NEW: Police say they believe a gang of men on Sur Ron bikes turned up at the house before shooting towards the front door and leaving the scene
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Cordon covering 10 homes
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Statement from Chief Inspector Dave Currie
“It is very early stages as we seek to establish what has taken place and we are speaking to people in the local area to understand what has happened.
“It appears a group of males on Sur Ron bikes turned up at a house in Alvina Lane and shots were fired towards a doorway.
“Thankfully nobody was injured but clearly incidents such as this have the potential to have serious or even fatal consequences.
“I would ask anyone who has information about this incident or was in the vicinity of Alvina Lane this evening and witnessed any suspicious behaviour to contact us a matter of urgency.
“Guns have no place on our streets and the public need to tell us what they know so we can take action.”
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Nobody believed to have been injured
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Detectives on the scene
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Half a dozen police cars at the scene
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Police at the scene
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First video from the scene
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CCTV enquiries
An investigation is underway and house-to-house, witness and CCTV enquiries are being carried out in the local area, according to police
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Shots fired at a door
Merseyside Police were contacted at 7.50pm following reports damage had been caused to a door of a property in Alvina Lane
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Reported shooting
Merseyside Police has confirmed there has been a reported shooting on the street but there are no reports of anyone being injured
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Our reporter is at the scene
Liverpool ECHO reporter Abigail Nicholson will be providing live updates