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| Man shot dead outside Wavertree chip shop | Man shot dead outside Wavertree chip shop |
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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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. |
| 'Serious escalation' | |
| His condition is not thought to be life-threatening and detectives believe the pair had been together. | 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. | 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. | |
| Merseyside Police said gun crime figures went down year-on-year between 2013 and 2016, but since April 2016, 78 firearms had been discharged, 18 more than in the whole of the previous 12 months. | |
| The shootings have led to the deaths of four men - Mr Baker, Mr Lewis, Mark Hillman and Blake Brown. | |
| A force spokesman said an increasing number of new guns were being used and officers were not sure how or where gangs were getting them. | |
| A series of warrants are being executed across Liverpool as part of a pre-planned crackdown on gun crime, but no weapons have been recovered, he added. |