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| Six released in Rhys murder case | Six released in Rhys murder case |
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| Detectives investigating the murder of Rhys Jones, 11, have released six suspects they were holding. | Detectives investigating the murder of Rhys Jones, 11, have released six suspects they were holding. |
| Merseyside Police said four people were released without charge and two on police bail, leaving no-one in custody. | Merseyside Police said four people were released without charge and two on police bail, leaving no-one in custody. |
| Officers confirmed they had spoken to a potentially vital witness, who could have seen Rhys's killer just before he opened fire, in Croxteth, Liverpool. | |
| Rhys died in the arms of his mother, Melanie, outside the Fir Tree pub, last Wednesday night. | |
| A total of 10 people have been arrested in connection with his death, six of whom have now been released on bail, with four released without charge. | A total of 10 people have been arrested in connection with his death, six of whom have now been released on bail, with four released without charge. |
| Four males, one aged 16, one aged 15 and two aged 19, plus two girls aged 15 and 18, had been held on suspicion of murder. | Four males, one aged 16, one aged 15 and two aged 19, plus two girls aged 15 and 18, had been held on suspicion of murder. |
| Those who were bailed earlier in the inquiry include an 18-year-old man and three boys, two aged 15 and one 14-year-old. | Those who were bailed earlier in the inquiry include an 18-year-old man and three boys, two aged 15 and one 14-year-old. |
| Police have confirmed they have spoken to a woman seen pushing a pram near the Fir Tree pub just before the shooting. | Police have confirmed they have spoken to a woman seen pushing a pram near the Fir Tree pub just before the shooting. |
| There is no doubt in my mind [Rhys] wouldn't have died if a [mobile police station] had been there Emma Ahmed, local resident Rhys's brother visits shrine | There is no doubt in my mind [Rhys] wouldn't have died if a [mobile police station] had been there Emma Ahmed, local resident Rhys's brother visits shrine |
| On Sunday, Rhys's brother Owen made his first visit to the huge floral shrine created where the youngster was killed. | On Sunday, Rhys's brother Owen made his first visit to the huge floral shrine created where the youngster was killed. |
| Owen, 17, was flanked by four friends as he left a large bouquet and an Everton football club rug. | Owen, 17, was flanked by four friends as he left a large bouquet and an Everton football club rug. |
| Prayers were also said in churches across Liverpool for Rhys on Sunday. | Prayers were also said in churches across Liverpool for Rhys on Sunday. |
| Reverend Doctor David Leslie, vicar of St Cuthbert's Church near to where Rhys was shot in Croxteth, said it had all been a "terrible shock". | Reverend Doctor David Leslie, vicar of St Cuthbert's Church near to where Rhys was shot in Croxteth, said it had all been a "terrible shock". |
| He said: "I think everybody is absolutely devastated by what has happened. It's been a terrible shock and in some ways it seems almost unreal." | He said: "I think everybody is absolutely devastated by what has happened. It's been a terrible shock and in some ways it seems almost unreal." |
| Concerns have been raised by residents living in the area that had police fulfilled a plan to open a mobile police station in the Fir Tree's car park, Rhys would not have died. | Concerns have been raised by residents living in the area that had police fulfilled a plan to open a mobile police station in the Fir Tree's car park, Rhys would not have died. |
| Emma Ahmed, 33, who sits on the Croxteth Country Park Residents' Association, said: "We have been working for the last year to improve the estate. | Emma Ahmed, 33, who sits on the Croxteth Country Park Residents' Association, said: "We have been working for the last year to improve the estate. |
| Rhys's parents said they had "lost our world" after their son's death | Rhys's parents said they had "lost our world" after their son's death |
| "We were promised a mobile pod, a mobile police station, and it should have been here in April and would have been stationed on the car park where Rhys died, but police said they didn't have the resources. | "We were promised a mobile pod, a mobile police station, and it should have been here in April and would have been stationed on the car park where Rhys died, but police said they didn't have the resources. |
| "There is no doubt in my mind he wouldn't have died if that had been there." | "There is no doubt in my mind he wouldn't have died if that had been there." |
| But Chief Insp Bill McWilliam, head of neighbourhood policing in the Alt Valley area, explained that the force has listened to residents. | But Chief Insp Bill McWilliam, head of neighbourhood policing in the Alt Valley area, explained that the force has listened to residents. |
| "After extensive police and partner agency consultation across the whole of the Alt Valley Neighbourhood, it was decided to launch a mobile community bus which is staffed not just by police but also by partner agencies working on crime reduction," he said. | "After extensive police and partner agency consultation across the whole of the Alt Valley Neighbourhood, it was decided to launch a mobile community bus which is staffed not just by police but also by partner agencies working on crime reduction," he said. |
| "This is to be piloted in September. Merseyside Police does have a mobile police station but its location is subject to immediate and competing demands from a number of communities at any one time." | "This is to be piloted in September. Merseyside Police does have a mobile police station but its location is subject to immediate and competing demands from a number of communities at any one time." |