Ellis Cox: Friends of shooting victim urged to help detectives

Friends who were with a 19-year-old shooting victim when he was killed have been urged by detectives to find the "courage" to come forward and help the investigation.

Det Ch Supt Mark Baker, of Merseyside Police, said officers recognised the group may be "fearful" to speak but said it was important to get "justice for Ellis and his family".Speaking at a press conference, Det Ch Supt Baker appealed directly to the group of friends, who he said could hold the key to finding suspects."Secondly they may know who is responsible, and thirdly they may just have anxiety in speaking to the police.

Police believe the group then travelled towards Southport and Mr Cox spent time in Ormskirk before cycling back home with the same group.Mr Cox was later found fatally wounded on an unnamed road on the Liver Industrial Estate. Speaking together with fellow superintendent Tony Fairhurst, he said the force has an open mind in relation to a potential motive, and are "desperate" to speak to the friends.

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