A MAN appeared in court yesterday over a series of shootings.
Police were called last week after reports of firing at a shop, a cinema complex and house — causing widespread panic.
Leslie Garrett, 49, has been charged with having a firearm intending to endanger life and cause fear of violence and attempted robbery.
Garrett, 49, of Walton, Liverpool, is also accused of having ammunition with no certificate.
He is in custody and due to appear again at Liverpool crown court on February 5.
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The first report of gunshots was received from a shop, with further incidents outside a cinema and at a nearby property in the city on Wednesday night. No one was injured in the shootings.
Assistant Chief Constable Jenn Wilson said: "Thankfully incidents like this, involving a single offender in three separate shootings in close proximity and quick succession, are extremely rare and this is the first time we have had to deal with an incident of this nature on the streets of Merseyside.
"The shocking and distressing impact these incidents will have had on the shop assistant, the staff at the Showcase Cinema and those filmgoers who found themselves in a lockdown situation in the complex after shots were fired outside the cinema and the residents of Malpas Road cannot be underestimated."
