Rio Jones, 19, has been jailed for life for shooting a girl aged 15 in the neck in a botched gangland hit in Liverpool
Rio Jones, 19, was trying to kill a rival gang member while chasing him on an e-bike, but the hail of bullets penetrated a bus shelter on Upper Warwick Street in Toxteth and and hit the girl in the neck as she sat waiting to go home from school.
The intended target of the shooting, a 20-year-old man, was also injured during the incident and received treatment for a gunshot wound to the hand.Jones, of Jermyn Street in Toxteth, was told he would serve a minimum of 16 and a half years behind bars for the shooting. "We sadly know the devastating consequences of gun crime, not only on victims and their families but also the wider communities.
This shooting took place on March 1st and is another example of the reckless behaviour of innocent people being caught up in gun crime on Merseyside.
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