BBC News, Liverpool
The mother of a 22-year-old man, who was shot in a back with a sub-machine gun three years ago, said that the image of her body lying down in a morgue still “hunt” her.
While Sam Rimmer’s murder is unresolved, detectives believe that he has identified his killers.
Shri Rimmar was killed in Lavrac Bank in Dingle region of Liverpool, on 16 August 2022 at around 23:40 BST by a masked gunman, which was behind an electric bike.
Joan Rimmer urged to come forward with any information, saying: “If I see justice for his murder, perhaps family and I can start moving forward and remember Sam’s pleasant memories.”
Ms. Rimmer said that the time has passed since the passage of time after the death of her son.
“People ask to cherish memories, but when I think about Sam, the memory I have in the morgue is of his body in the morgue, staring at his chest, ready to breathe him,” he said.
“No parents should never identify their child’s body.
“Until you have experienced the killing of your child, you cannot start understanding the daily tolerating, torture mental and emotional horror.”
Since the shooting, 10 people have been arrested in connection with the death of Mr. Rimmar, some of whom are serving a jail sentence for unrelated crimes, but no allegations have been made.
DET CE Insply Steve McGrath led the investigation to the Mercesticed Police, said that Shri Rimmar Lavrocrock was in a house of the bank, when four people were drawn in bridge-D-SAC behind two bikes.
The force believes that there was some noise outside which Mr. Rimmer and his friends left the address and faced men.
DET C isple McGrath said: “One of those bikes has made it at the top end of the close and at that point one of the men has discharged a gun towards Sam and his friends.
“As that part, at least eight shots were removed and we have established that it was a Scorpion sub-machine gun used.”
The senior detective described the weapon as a “military grade armament”, capable of firing several shots in a fraction of a second.
Mr. Rimmar was shot in the back with a bullet, which was then dropped from his chest.
The other seven bullets did not kill anyone, but closed residential buildings.
DET C isple McGrath said that there was a series of violent incidents in the Dingle region in the leading weeks for the murder of Mr. Rimmer.
Police believe that they belonged to a local turf war among drug dealers.
On the evening of the shooting, the suspected electric bike was recorded in the lap of the area on CCTV.
Police believe it was an attempt to hunt rivals.
DET C isple McGrath said that while Mr. Rimmer was not considered a target and his colleagues were not included in the dingle drug scene that night, “that night” was involved in criminal behavior around localized drug deals “.
He said that Mr. Rimmer was visiting Dingle when he was attacked by bootley in Sefan, only when he was attacked.
The detective said that the shooting place – a quiet residential bridge -de -crack – and late hours meant that there was a shortage of witnesses.
Accepting that it has made the investigation difficult, he said: “What I would say is that I am confident that we have identified those responsible for this murder.
“We have not yet found an important piece of evidence that will prove it at this time.”
He urged someone “close” for the suspects who would have heard him discussing shooting to come forward.
“We know that people’s relationship changes, there is a decline between colleagues, but also [between] Those who are in close ties with these persons, “he said.
“I believe that the people involved would have talked to people close to them at that time and it could be well changed in those relationships over time.”