UK news: Cop's chilling warning weeks before woman gunned down in Christmas atrocity
Concerns that innocent people in the Wirral would be 'caught in the crossfire' of warring gangs were voiced by a senior police officer less than two weeks before Elle Edwards was killed at a pub on Christmas Eve. The 26-year-old was with friends at the Lighthouse in Wallasey when a gunman opened fire.
On December 16, the ECHO spoke to Wirral local community policing inspector Alan McKeon about an ongoing operation targeting an organised crime group based in the nearby Woodchurch estate. Police believe that members of the group, dubbed the Woodchurch OCG, and Wirral's other main gang, the Ford OCG based around the Beechwood estate, are linked to a series of recent shootings which have left young men with serious, although non-fatal, injuries.
"So for me, the reason why targeting organised criminality on the Woodchurch was a priority is; I certainly don't want anything like that to happen to anyone here." Speaking about the mood in Wallasey, local councillor Ian Lewis told the ECHO: "The main focus up to now is getting anybody with any potential evidence or information to feed that into the police. We have been out in the community providing reassurance with the police. There is a lot of sheltered accommodation in that area, a lot of elderly residents, but there isn't so much a sense of fear because the police presence has been so big, you can't move for police in Wallasey village.
Speaking after Elle's death, Detective Superintendent Sue Coombs said: "No family should have to be faced with this ordeal at any time but at Christmas, which should be a time of peace and celebration, it makes is so much harder to bear.
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