Danny McDonald

Danny McDonald was shot at point-blank range in the Royal Oak pub in West Derby on New Year’s Day 2004 at about 5pm.

He was a member of the Croxteth Crew and his murder caused a number of revenge attacks. Less than 24 hours after he was shot, shots were fired at a house in Sovereign Road in Croxteth in what was thought to have been a revenge attack. It was said to have escalated violence between the Crocky Young Guns and Strand Gang (Nogga Dogz), gangs in north Liverpool that would not have otherwise have fought ordinarily and which resulted in the murder of Liam Smith who was shot in July 2006 outside Altcourt prison and later Joseph Thompson in June 2012 as well as the murder of Rhys Jones, a young boy, in August 2007 who was also shot accidently by Sean Mercer, a Croxteth Crew gang member who had been targeting rival gang members. He had fired three shots, one of which had hit Rhys Jones as he played football. The shooting took place the day before the anniversary of Liam Smith's murder.