A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a teenager was shot dead.

Ellis Cox, 19, was killed by on a cycle path in Liverpool on June 23 last year. Today Merseyside Police said a 32-year-old man from Croxteth was arrested on suspicion of murder and possession of a firearm.

He has been taken into police custody and will be questioned by detectives.

Detectives have now made five arrests in connection with the murder of Ellis.

The teenager was cycling with four friends on the Liverpool Loop Line in Aintree when they were approached by 'one to three males on two electric bikes' at around 10.50pm. One of the group on the electric bikes opened fire and pumped three shots towards Ellis and his friends.

Ellis, on a pedal bike, had attempted to make away from the scene but was s

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