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A man has been shot dead in a "cold-blooded, targeted attack" outside a chip shop. | A man has been shot dead in a "cold-blooded, targeted attack" outside a chip shop. |
Aaron Lewis, 26, from Toxteth, was shot three times outside Anna Jungs in Grosvenor Road, Wavertree, Liverpool, at about 19:00 GMT on Wednesday. | |
He was taken to Aintree Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead. | |
Police believe the offender ran down the road towards the city centre and said the shooting was related to organised crime. | |
Officers said Mr Lewis was known to them. | |
At about 19:40 a 19-year-old man arrived at hospital with a gunshot wound to his upper body. | At about 19:40 a 19-year-old man arrived at hospital with a gunshot wound to his upper body. |
His condition is not thought to be life-threatening and detectives believe the pair had been together. | |
The latest death follows the fatal shooting of Thomas Baker at Stanley Meat Market in Old Swan on Friday and highlighted a "serious escalation" of gang violence in Liverpool, police said. | |
Police said both deaths were related to serious and organised crime but the shootings were not linked. |