**Update, Friday 5 January**

Detectives are continuing to appeal to anyone with any information on this incident or any gun crime issues, to please contact the Merseyside Police gun crime hotline on 0800 230 0600 or speak to the independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

Police hunt mystery man in Southport shooting

Man arrested on attempted murder charge after Southport shooting

Merseyside Police detectives investigating an injury shooting in Southport in December have arrested a man today, Thursday 4 January.

This morning, two warrants were carried out in the Southport and Walton areas.

At an address in Wyresdale Road, Walton, a 21-year-old man from Walton was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and Section 18 assault. He has been taken to a police station for questioning by detectives.

The arrest is in relation to an incident in Eastbank Street on Thursday, 21 December in which a man was shot in the head and a member of the public received a back injury.

Detectives are continuing to appeal to anyone who has any information about gun crime or thinks they know where guns are being stored, to please contact the Merseyside Police gun crime hotline on 0800 230 0600 or speak to the independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.