Christmas Eve Nightmare:  1 killed, 3 wounded in U.K pub shooting.

Police reported that a young woman was killed and three men were injured in a shooting on Christmas Eve at a bar in northwest England.

The shooting that occurred at the Lighthouse Pub in Wallasey town at 11:50 on Saturday night is being investigated as a murder, according to Merseyside Police. No suspects have been detained by the police.

Detective Superintendent David McCaughrean stated, “This investigation is in the very early stages, and we appreciate that this is a genuinely tragic and devastating occurrence that has happened just before Christmas Day in a big arena full of young people.”

According to a statement from the police department, the woman passed away at a hospital “with an injury consistent with a gunshot wound.” According to the statement, other persons were hurt in addition to the three injured men.

To determine what transpired, McCaughrean said that investigators were looking for witnesses as well as cellphone and closed-circuit television footage.

After the shooting, the gunman is believed to have driven away from the pub’s parking lot in a dark-colored car, likely a dark-colored Mercedes. Anyone who saw this is asked to get in touch with police right away.

Because of the location of the bar, the priest of a nearby church told Britain’s Press Association news agency that locals will be shocked by the shooting.

There are lots of young folks and families there. According to Jeffrey Hughes, a minister with the United Reformed Church, the Lighthouse is important to that community.

Because of the distressing news, Hughes stated his church’s Christmas morning service will not be “as much a celebration as it was going to be.”

Even while we celebrate Christmas, the violence “shows us that we’re still far distant from those values (of peace) as a community,” he told PA.

Since the majority of police officers in Britain do not carry weapons, gun violence is very uncommon.

A 44-year-old man was detained after a fatal shooting occurred in a bar in eastern England on Friday night, according to the Essex Police department.

After another man was killed in the Lamb and Lion bar in Westcliff-on-Sea, police charged the suspect with murder, having an offensive weapon in a public place, and having a bladed object in a public place.