Three people arrested on suspicion of murdering Sam Rimmer have been released.
Announcing the news during a media briefing this morning, Merseyside Police confirmed that three men have been released on bail as investigations continue. The arrests were made yesterday, on Wednesday, August 24, after police carried out raids in connection to recent gun violence.
After the warrants were carried out across the L8 area of the city, a 21-year-old man, from Dingle, a 17-year-old man, from Liverpool city centre and a 20-year-old, also from the city centre, were arrested on suspicion of murder. All have been released from custody after questioning.
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Mr Rimmer, 22, from Bootle, had been out with friends on the evening of Tuesday, August 16, when he was shot dead. Shots were fired in the street by four men, riding two bikes, believed to be electric bicycles. No-one else was hit, but Sam was struck in the chest and collapsed.
He was treated at the scene by paramedics and rushed to hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival. The shooting marked the first murder involving a firearm in Merseyside in more than a year, since the death of 26-year-old Patrick Boyle in Newway, Huyton, on July 1, 2021. Mr Boyle was shot twice in the chest by drug-dealer Rueben Murphy, who was last month jailed for life.
Since Mr Rimmer's death, Ashley Dale died after being shot in her own home by a gunman who burst through her front door on Leinster Road. On Monday, August 22, nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel was shot in her own home as she hid behind her mother who opened the door after hearing a commotion.
During today's media briefing, detectives revealed two people have been arrested in connection with Ashley Dale's murder. A man has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of the 28-year-old and a woman has been arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender.
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