A pensioner has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman was shot dead.
The emergency services found the victim, aged in her 50s, with a gunshot wound to her chest at an address in Moreton, Merseyside at 1.45am this morning.
She was pronounced dead at the scene. A 79-year-old man, who is known to her, was detained and remains in custody for questioning.
A cordon is now in place on Meadowbank Road while officers go house-to-house and comb the area for CCTV and forensic evidence.
Chief Inspector Derek Riley said: ‘Although a man has been arrested following the tragic death of this woman in Moreton we are still in the very early stages of our investigation and enquiries into the incident are still ongoing in the area.