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| A BBC 5Live presenter from Liverpool has had a gun pointed at her while filming a TV documentary in Croxteth. | A BBC 5Live presenter from Liverpool has had a gun pointed at her while filming a TV documentary in Croxteth. |
| Shelagh Fogarty was filming for an ITV Tonight with Trevor McDonald special to be aired on Monday. | |
| She had been asked to return to the area she grew up in to see how safe she felt walking around after dark. | She had been asked to return to the area she grew up in to see how safe she felt walking around after dark. |
| Her crew was threatened by teenagers armed with glass bottles and stones in Norris Green on Friday, before seeing a gunman in Croxteth the following night. | |
| 'Pockets of violence' | 'Pockets of violence' |
| She said: "A car with blacked out windows pulled up alongside us, out from the passenger window comes an arm with a gun attached to it, I could clearly see the viewfinder light on the gun." | She said: "A car with blacked out windows pulled up alongside us, out from the passenger window comes an arm with a gun attached to it, I could clearly see the viewfinder light on the gun." |
| "I didn't think any city in this country was Disneyland before I did this piece, but I was quite shocked at the level of aggression and the pockets of violence in some areas." | "I didn't think any city in this country was Disneyland before I did this piece, but I was quite shocked at the level of aggression and the pockets of violence in some areas." |
| The crew were filming in the Croxteth and Norris Green areas on Friday and Saturday night - the same area where 11-year-old Rhys Jones was shot dead last year. | |
| Merseyside police are investigating the incident and have found the vehicle they believe was used. | Merseyside police are investigating the incident and have found the vehicle they believe was used. |
| A spokesperson said: âThis is a serious incident and we're taking every possible step to find the offenders and recover the weapon." | A spokesperson said: âThis is a serious incident and we're taking every possible step to find the offenders and recover the weapon." |