Two men have been charged with the murder of a dad-of-three who was shot outside a Lancashire gym in a 'calculated, cold-blooded assassination'.
Lenny Scott, 33, died in hospital after the shooting in Skelmersdale on February 8. On Thursday, Lancashire Police charged two men, aged 34 and 28, with murder. Elias Morgan, 34, of Highgate Street, Liverpool and Anthony Cleary, 28, of Smithdown Lane, Liverpool were both charged following consultation with the Crown Prosecution Service, said the force. They have been remanded in custody to appear before Preston Magistrates’ Court this morning.
All those previously arrested were later released on bail, police said. Lancashire Police previously said Mr Scott was targeted in an 'abhorrent assassination'. The gunman is believed to have fled the scene on an e-bike, heading towards Digmoor in Skelmersdale, before going to Upholland. A police spokesperson said: “We launched a murder investigation after 33-year-old father-of-three Lenny was shot outside a gym in Peel Road in Skelmersdale on Thursday, February 8.
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