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20/11/2007
Rhys Murder Investigators Arrest Firearms Suspects
Police investigating the murder of Rhys Jones in Liverpool in August have arrested two people on suspicion of possession of firearms and ammunition.
Merseyside Police confirmed that two youths, aged 16 and 18 and both from Croxteth in Liverpool, had been arrested and stressed that the pair had not been arrested for Rhys' murder.
It is understood that the arrests are related to the discovery of two guns after a property on Sword Walk in Croxteth was searched on September 30.
Eleven-year-old Rhys Jones was shot dead as he walked across a pub car park in Croxteth around 7.15pm on August 22.
No one has been charged in connection with his death, although 18 people have been arrested.
One theory being investigated by police is that a teenage gang member who was aiming at a rival killed Rhys.
Police have been appealing for two potential witnesses to come forward - a woman driving a red car, who nearly collided with a youth suspected of being the gunman, as he cycled in front of her car shortly after the time of the shooting; and a boy in his early teens who was seen cycling around the car park on a silver BMX shortly before the shooting.
(KMcA)
Merseyside Police confirmed that two youths, aged 16 and 18 and both from Croxteth in Liverpool, had been arrested and stressed that the pair had not been arrested for Rhys' murder.
It is understood that the arrests are related to the discovery of two guns after a property on Sword Walk in Croxteth was searched on September 30.
Eleven-year-old Rhys Jones was shot dead as he walked across a pub car park in Croxteth around 7.15pm on August 22.
No one has been charged in connection with his death, although 18 people have been arrested.
One theory being investigated by police is that a teenage gang member who was aiming at a rival killed Rhys.
Police have been appealing for two potential witnesses to come forward - a woman driving a red car, who nearly collided with a youth suspected of being the gunman, as he cycled in front of her car shortly after the time of the shooting; and a boy in his early teens who was seen cycling around the car park on a silver BMX shortly before the shooting.
(KMcA)
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