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Murder arrest in Lewis Dunne shooting case | Murder arrest in Lewis Dunne shooting case |
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A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after the fatal shooting of a teenage boy. | A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after the fatal shooting of a teenage boy. |
Lewis Dunne, 16, was found on a towpath near Burrows Court in Vauxhall, Liverpool, on Sunday evening and died later in hospital. | Lewis Dunne, 16, was found on a towpath near Burrows Court in Vauxhall, Liverpool, on Sunday evening and died later in hospital. |
He died from a single shotgun wound to the back, a post-mortem examination found. | He died from a single shotgun wound to the back, a post-mortem examination found. |
A 20-year-old from Everton is being held at a Merseyside police station for questioning. | A 20-year-old from Everton is being held at a Merseyside police station for questioning. |
Updates on this story and more from Merseyside and Cheshire | Updates on this story and more from Merseyside and Cheshire |
Police have ruled out there being "an arranged fight involving groups on quad bikes" in the area where the teenager was shot. | Police have ruled out there being "an arranged fight involving groups on quad bikes" in the area where the teenager was shot. |
Locals claimed on Monday that a "gang fight had been arranged" in the area. | Locals claimed on Monday that a "gang fight had been arranged" in the area. |
Det Ch Insp Tom Keaton said that was not the case, adding the motive for the shooting was still unknown. | Det Ch Insp Tom Keaton said that was not the case, adding the motive for the shooting was still unknown. |
He said there had been "speculation that there was an arranged fight on the night, involving groups on quad bikes, [but] we have no information to suggest that this is the case and we are still working to establish why Lewis was shot". | He said there had been "speculation that there was an arranged fight on the night, involving groups on quad bikes, [but] we have no information to suggest that this is the case and we are still working to establish why Lewis was shot". |
Det Ch Insp Keaton added that officers knew that the teenager "left home on Sunday night at about 22:15 to go to a local shop - what we now need to know is where was Lewis between 22:15 and 23:10?" | |
"Lewis's family are absolutely devastated" | |
"His friends, his peers and his family are totally bemused as to why this is happened. | |
"On the face of it he was a very vivacious young man who was very popular in the local community." | |
Items including mobile phones and jackets had been recovered from the canal, near to where the teenager was found, which were being forensically examined, Det Ch Insp Keaton said. | |
He added that officers were also looking at CCTV footage from the area. |