Detectives scoured land in Wirral after a young woman was shot dead at a pub on Christmas Eve.
Police visited Birkenhead, Woodchurch and Wallasey on Christmas Day and Boxing Day in high visibility patrols in direct response to the fatal shooting of Elle Edwards at the Lighthouse pub in Wallasey Village. Ms Edwards was enjoying a night out with friends when she was shot in the head on December 24.
The 26-year-old was taken to Arrowe Park Hospital but later died. She is not believed to have been the intended target of the attack, during which four men were also injured.
