Police are hunting a gunman after a "despicable" shooting at a pub near Liverpool on Christmas Eve which killed a woman. Officers from Merseyside Police were called to the Lighthouse Inn in Wallasey Village just before midnight on Saturday following reports of gunshots.
Three men and the female victim were taken to hospital suffering gunshot wounds but the woman later died. The shooter has yet to be found and police have launched a murder investigation. Det Supt Dave McCaughrean said the shooting happened at a "busy venue full of young people".
He added: "We believe that the gunman left the pub car park in a dark coloured vehicle - possibly a dark coloured Mercedes shortly after the shooting." The force said a "number of others" were also injured in the shooting, which was described as despicable by the chief constable.
