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Image source, Family handout
Elle Edwards was celebrating with her sister and friends erstwhile she was fatally wounded
The pistillate who died aft a shooting astatine a Merseyside pub connected Christmas Eve has been named arsenic Elle Edwards.
The 26-year-old was with her sister and friends astatine The Lighthouse successful Wallasey erstwhile she was changeable successful the caput by a gunman who besides fired astatine 4 men.
She is not believed to person been the intended target, Merseyside Police said.
Officers proceed to hunt for the gunman who fled successful a dark-coloured car, believed to beryllium a Mercedes.
Ms Edwards' household laid flowers astatine the country of the shooting earlier connected Sunday.
Image source, PA Media
Image caption,Police are asking anyone with accusation to assistance them find the killer
The gunman fired respective shots astatine the entranceway to the pub, which was packed with chiefly young people, astatine astir 23:50 GMT connected Saturday.
Ms Edwards was rushed to Arrowe Park infirmary wherever she was pronounced dead, Merseyside Police said.
A 28-year-old man, from Beechwood, Wirral, was besides taken to infirmary with captious injuries.
Three different men, aged 22, 24 and 33, were changeable but their injuries are not thought to beryllium life-threatening.
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