An 11-year-boy has died after being shot in the head in the Croxteth area of Liverpool, police said. The incident happened shortly after 1930 BST in the car park of the Fir Tree public house.
The boy was rushed to Alder Hey Hospital but police later confirmed that he had died.
Officers are at the scene and police are treating the shooting as a major incident.
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All these gun and knife crimes are seriously getting out of hand - something needs to be done, quick.