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| Shot boy's parents speak of loss | Shot boy's parents speak of loss |
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| The mother of an 11-year-old boy who was fatally shot on his way home from playing football has spoken of how she cradled her dying son in her arms. | |
| Rhys Jones was shot by a youth on a BMX bicycle at a pub car park in Croxteth, Liverpool, on Wednesday evening. | Rhys Jones was shot by a youth on a BMX bicycle at a pub car park in Croxteth, Liverpool, on Wednesday evening. |
| Melanie Jones said she never had a chance to speak to her son as she held him outside the pub. | Melanie Jones said she never had a chance to speak to her son as she held him outside the pub. |
| Police have bailed two youths arrested in connection with the murder and are now looking for a youth aged 13 to 15. | |
| 'Good guy' | 'Good guy' |
| Speaking at a news conference, Rhys's mother Melanie said: "Our son was only 11, our baby. This should not happen, this should not be going on. Please help us," she said. | |
| His father Stephen Jones, 44, added: "We have lost our world, the world has lost a good guy. | |
| "He was football-mad, absolutely football-mad, a season ticket holder with me, his brother. We go to every home match and they looked forward to it. | "He was football-mad, absolutely football-mad, a season ticket holder with me, his brother. We go to every home match and they looked forward to it. |
| "Football was his life. If he wasn't watching it, he was playing it. If he wasn't on the PC playing it, he was on the X-Box playing it. He saved his pocket money for his kit." | "Football was his life. If he wasn't watching it, he was playing it. If he wasn't on the PC playing it, he was on the X-Box playing it. He saved his pocket money for his kit." |
| Both parents said they believed that someone knew who had killed their son. | Both parents said they believed that someone knew who had killed their son. |
| Relatives, friends and neighbours gathered at a vigil for Rhys at his school, Emmaus Primary School in Croxteth, on Thursday evening. | Relatives, friends and neighbours gathered at a vigil for Rhys at his school, Emmaus Primary School in Croxteth, on Thursday evening. |