Police in Leeds and Liverpool have launched separate murder investigations after a teenager and a man in his 40s died in two unrelated shootings. A 49-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of murder and was being held in custody. We went down there and sat there until he died.”A post on the Leeds United FC Facebook page read: “It’s being reported that the man shot in Leeds yesterday is the brother of Mallik Wilks, Leeds United player. The Leeds United family are with you and your family in this difficult time. There has been a series of shootings in the neighbouring area of Chapeltown in Leeds over the past year.

Source: The Guardian January 27, 2017 12:38 UTC