A 16-YEAR-OLD BOY has been shot dead in Liverpool.

It’s understood that the boy was found on a towpath near Burrows Court, Eldonian village by a member of the public.

Police were called to the scene of the shooting just before 11.10 last night.

The teenager was taken to the Royal Liverpool University Hospital, where he died a short while later.

Merseyside police have launched a murder investigation and the scene of the shooting has been sealed off.

We have launched a murder investigation following the shooting of a 16-year-old boy in Liverpool last night. https://t.co/ZTFEKok3sh
— Merseyside Police (@MerseyPolice) November 16, 2015

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Detectives say they are trying to establish a motive for the shooting.

High visibility patrols have been stepped up in the area to reassure the public.

The boy’s next of kin have been informed.

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