Family pay tribute to 'brilliant and loving' dad shot dead in Oswaldtwistle

The family of a man shot dead have paid tribute to a 'brilliant and loving' son, brother and dad.

Lee Holt, 32, from Accrington was killed by a single gun shot wound to the chest on Wednesday evening at an address in Barnard Close, Oswaldtwistle.

A 14-year-old boy and a 49-year-old man are currently being held in police custody on suspicion of murder.

He leaves behind a partner Kate and two daughters.

In a tribute released by his family they describe him as a courageous man who considered family 'his life'.

The family have released an image of Lee with his two daughters Alecia, 12, and Keira-Leigh, 8, who they say 'were his entire life'.

DCI Jill Johnston from the Force Major Investigation Team said: