Tributes have been paid to a teenager who was gunned down in a “cold-blooded targeted attack” in a Merseyside street.

Nyle Corrigan, 19, was found bleeding and injured following the shooting in a cul-de-sac in Stockbridge Village, on Thursday at around 6.30pm.

Police and paramedics rushed to the scene but he died a short time later, Liverpool Echo reports.

Hundreds of tributes have flooded in on social media to the teenager as people express their shock and devastation at the news.

One friend wrote: “19 years old and now that’s it hes gone. NINETEEN YEARS OLD. I’m heartbroken.

“Rest in peace Nyle always in our hearts.”

Another posted: “Absolutely heartbreaking, rest in peace Nyle thinking of your mum and family.”