Family appeal one year on from son's killing

The family of Ellis Cox,19, has called on the community to help them get justice on the first anniversary of his murder.

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00:00The family of Ellis Cox have called on the community to help them get justice on the first anniversary of his murder.

00:07Ellis, aged just 19, was fatally shot on Sunday 23rd of June last year at Liver Industrial Estate in Aintree.

00:14An extensive investigation is ongoing to find the people responsible.

00:18A number of people have been arrested in connection to the murder, but no one has been charged.

00:23Ellis' family have arranged for a number of digital screens across the city to display the appeal for information.

00:31Paying tribute to Ellis, his family said,

00:34Ellis was our whole world, a gentle giant so kind and caring, his family was everything to him.

00:40We don't know how to fully express our love for him as it's immeasurable,

00:44and losing him is something we will never recover from.

00:48It's difficult for us to explain the indescribable pain we are going through each day,

00:54knowing we don't get to hug him, laugh with him and watch him make his way in the world.

00:59Everything hurts in a way words can't fully reach.

01:02Nothing feels the same without him, and our family is just so lost and broken.

01:07We're just existing, trying to get through each day, and we will keep fighting for justice

01:12until those responsible for taking him from us are caught,

01:15and we will continue to appeal to our city to help us before any more of our children are taken from us

01:21in the most unimaginable way, as we wouldn't wish this on anyone.

01:25Detective Chief Inspector Steve McGrath, the Senior Investigating Officer, said,

01:30we are certain that people out there have information about who took Ellis from his family.

01:35If anyone out there is keeping information to themselves,

01:38I ask you to consider what Ellis' family have gone through.