He was shot dead as he tried to enter his home, six years on his family are still hunting for answers

Six years after the brutal murder of Leroy Ottey, his family and the police are still seeking answers. Known to his loved ones as Mari, Leroy was gunned down by an unidentified shooter as he tried to enter his family home on Alderson Road in Wavertree.

He had stepped out the door of a taxi around 10.40pm on October 17, 2018. The assailant fired bullets into rooms where his baby nephew was sleeping and where his mother and sister were preparing for bed.

Despite six arrests by Merseyside Police on suspicion of murdering the 25-year-old, no charges have been filed following his death.

Detectives suspect a black Audi Quattro S3 was prowling the area from early evening, repeatedly parking near what would become a murder scene. After Leroy was shot, the car left the scene, was involved in several crashes before being abandoned and set alight on Abbeystead Road in Childwall, reports the Liverpool Echo.

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In an effort to encourage people to come forward with information, the ECHO is reissuing an appeal for information more than six years after Leroy's death. On the fifth anniversary of the murder, the ECHO spoke to local residents about how the killing had shaken the community.

The road, linking Picton Road and Toxteth Park cemetery, is a typical Liverpool street, lined with terraced houses behind small gates. A local woman, who wished to remain anonymous, recounted: "We had been away and had just come back that night. I had just let my mate go and I saw all the flashing lights and wondered if someone was ill. I went to the door and looked outside and everyone was screaming."

"Someone said 'a lad has been shot'. The police were everywhere. They cordoned