Woman dies after being found with gunshot wounds in Liverpool

Merseyside police launch murder investigation after incident in the Old Swan area of the city

A woman has died after she was found with gunshot wounds in the garden of a home in Liverpool, Merseyside police have said.

Officers were called just after 12.40am to a house in the Old Swan area of the city and found a woman in the rear garden of the property with injuries to her body consistent with gunshot wounds.