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There was a heavy police presence in Wavertree tonight amid reports that a young man had been shot .

Emergency services were called to the scene outside Anna Jung’s Chippy on Grosvenor Road, by the junction of Bishopgate Street shortly after 7pm.

A large cordon was immediately put in place while scene of crime officers went over a Renault Scenic parked on Grosvner road just outside the chip shop.

A woman at the scene, who asked not to be named, described tending to the young shooting vicim while she waited for the emergency servies to arrive.

She said: “He had about nine shots in him and I held my hands with pressure over the wound while another girl pumped his chest”.

She added that she had no medical experience but took a guess at what to do after seeing CPR performed on TV.

Police have so far been unable to shed further light on the exact details of what happened, or even that a person had been injured, although a force spokesperson did confirm they were attending a firearms incident.

A shopkeeper at the scene said he thought he “heard a few bangs at about 7pm”.

He added: “I thought it was fireworks but looked on CCTV and the camera pointing down the alleyway showed a woman immediately turn around and rush back.

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“I went outside and saw a guy on the floor. I didn’t want to get too close although they stood him up and he seemed to be moving.”

Shortly after they arrived police increased the size of the cordon, closing off nearby Bagot Street, and directed local shops to close.

As shutters began to come down on Grosvenor Road and the surrounding area police from the Matrix anti-gun and firearms squad arrived in a large van.

Forensic officers then started to comb the street using very large torches.

Police told a resident who wanted to get his car they are expecting cordon to be in place all night.

The shooting comes just days after the murder of Thomas Baker, 44, from Everton, who was shot while coming out of his gym at the Meat Market in Old Swan, and hours before an anti gun crime campaign was due to launch in Liverpool.

A digital ad van is to be driven through parts of Merseyside on Thursday, including Speke, Bootle, Norris Green, Old Swan - and Wavertree.

The shooting tonight is the 76th firearms incident since Janaury last year. The current final year, the yards stick used by police when looking at crime, will also see a rise in shooting incidents on Merseyside for the first time in years.