article_snippet: Rhys was shot by Sean Mercer, 16, aided by six others, on Rhys way home from football practice in 2007.
article_snippet: Shooting location: Rhys died on August 22, 2007, outside The Fir Tree pub in Croxteth Park.
article_snippet: Rhys died on August 22, 2007, when Mercer, armed with a revolver, cycled to Rhys estate to try to shoot members of the rival Strand Gang.
article_snippet: Rhys was struck by Rhys second bullet.
article_snippet: The rifling in the barrel was worn and the bullets fired by Mercer were slightly undersized, causing the bullets fired by Mercer to tumble end-over-end.
article_snippet: That meant the round which hit Rhys was side-on when the round which hit Rhys struck Rhys in the back of the neck, splintering vertebrae and destroying Rhys windpipe before exiting through Rhys throat.