Liverpool’s chief constable says death of girl ‘crosses every boundary’ and pledges major response to catch anyone involved
An attempted public murder of a senior gang member caused a nine-year-old girl to be mistakenly shot dead while being shielded by her mother inside her Liverpool home, the Guardian has learned.
The crime crossed “every boundary”, said Serena Kennedy, the chief constable of Merseyside police. The girl’s family had been “torn apart” by the shooting and were “absolutely devastated, inconsolable and heartbroken”. Bouquets of flowers and heartfelt cards began to be left on Olivia’s street, Kingsheath Avenue, on Tuesday.
She said officers were also hunting the gang baron who ordered the hit in the street, those who ferried the 35-year-old to hospital, whoever supplied the gun, and anyone else connected with the killing. Kennedy said the gunman started “firing a number of shots with complete disregard for Olivia and her family who had no connection with the gunman or the man who forced his way in”.
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