11/04/2007

Three arrested over Merseyside van shooting

Police investigating the murder of a man shot dead in his van in Merseyside last year have arrested three men.

Stephen Lloyd, 25, was shot dead as he sat in his van in Redfern Street in Bootle just after 5pm on July 13 last year.

The van was later found burned out.

Merseyside Police confirmed that three men - aged 22, 23 and 32 and all from the Bootle area - have been arrested on suspicion of murder.

They are currently being interviewed by detectives.

(KMcA/SP)

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