Heartbreaking tributes have been paid to a former prison and RAF worker who has been described as "a big lad with a big heart" after he was shot outside a gym.
Lenny Scott from Prescot, was on Peel Road, Skelmersdale, at around 7.35pm on the night of February 8 when he was shot. The 33-year-old was taken to hospital with severe injuries which he later succumbed to, the Liverpool Echo reports.
A murder investigation was launched and a 25-year-old man from Kensington in Liverpool was arrested on suspicion of murder on Sunday, February 11 and remains in custody. READ MORE: 'Three people were there...
only two can tell us what happened when Kerry died' READ MORE: The moving moment Sara Cox pays tribute to Steve Wright A G4S spokesperson confirmed that Lenny, also known as John, had worked at HMP Altcourse when G4S ran the prison.
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