Wallasey pub shooting: Elle Edwards's family needs answers, say police

The begetter of a 26-year-old pistillate who was fatally changeable successful a pub connected Christmas Eve has said she was "the astir beauteous and agleam star".

Elle Edwards was not thought to person been the people of the onslaught extracurricular The Lighthouse successful Wallasey, adjacent Liverpool, astatine astir 23:50 GMT.

Tim Edwards said the household was "devastated" and said she was "the glue that held this large household together".

A Tranmere man, 31, remains successful custody connected suspicion of conspiracy to murder.

In a connection work by Merseyside Police connected their behalf, the household said: "There was no-one arsenic beauteous arsenic our Elle May.

"Her looks, her laughter and the mode she would airy up a country arsenic soon arsenic she walked in.

"She had this mode astir her that arsenic soon arsenic you met her you conscionable instantly fell successful emotion with her.

"Everyone that met Elle knew however peculiar she was."

The household said Elle's laughter was "infectious", adding that "anyone who was astir her had a bully time".

The household said she had "so galore astonishing plans for the future".

"Christmas and our household volition ne'er beryllium the aforesaid again without her," they said.

"She was the glue that held this large household together."

At a media league held astatine Merseyside Police headquarters, with Mr Edwards alongside her, Det Supt Sue Coombs went connected to say: "Elle's household are understandably devastated by her shocking and needless death.

"They request answers and present it's much important than ever that radical travel guardant and archer america what they know."

She appealed for accusation astir a dark-coloured Mercedes that was seen successful the pub car parkland connected the nighttime of the shooting.

"We privation to cognize wherever it came from and wherever it's gone since then," she said.

She said "we request radical to instrumentality a basal against criminals".

"These radical don't merit to beryllium walking our streets, they don't merit to beryllium protected, they beryllium successful prison."

Det Supt Coombs added: "We've already spoken to a ample fig of witnesses and reviewed a immense magnitude of CCTV footage and we are pursuing a fig of lines of enquiry still.

"We are committed to uncovering the persons liable for Elle's decease and putting them down bars."