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A MAN appeared in court yesterday over a series of shootings.
Police were called last week after reports of firing at a shop, a cinema complex and house — causing widespread panic.
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Leslie Garrett, 49, has been charged with having a firearm intending to endanger life and cause fear of violence and attempted robbery.
Garrett, 49, of Walton, Liverpool, is also accused of having ammunition with no certificate.
He is in custody and due to appear again at Liverpool crown court on February 5.
The first report of gunshots was received from a shop, with further incidents outside a cinema and at a nearby property in the city on Wednesday night. No one was injured in the shootings.
Assistant Chief Constable Jenn Wilson said: “Thankfully incidents like this, involving a single offender in three separate shootings in close proximity and quick succession, are extremely rare and this is the first time we have had to deal with an incident of this nature on the streets of Merseyside.
“The shocking and distressing impact these incidents will have had on the shop assistant, the staff at the Showcase Cinema and those filmgoers who found themselves in a lockdown situation in the complex after shots were fired outside the cinema and the residents of Malpas Road cannot be underestimated.”
TIMELINE OF EVENTS
8pm – News and Booze store on Lower House Lane, Norris Green
A man threatened the store assistant and demanded cash before firing a gun and leaving the store empty handed.
The shop assistant was not injured during the incident, but extremely distressed by the ordeal. No damage was caused to the shop.
8.50pm – Showcase Cinema on Stonedale retail park in Croxteth
A man armed with a gun entered the cinema complex and threatened two members of staff in the foyer, before leaving.
When he got outside he fired a number of shots in the air before escaping in a car.
No one was injured during this incident and no damage was caused.
10.20pm – Malpas Road
More gunshots are heard. No one was injured during the incident.
4.46am – Fazakerley
Armed police arrested a 49-year-old man at a property on suspicion of possession of a Section 1 firearm with intent to endanger life and robbery.
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