Victim named as Olivia Pratt-Korbel, nine, killed after assailant fired gun ‘with complete disregard’, say officers
A nine-year-old girl was fatally shot in Liverpool after a gunman burst into her family’s home chasing another man who did not live there, police said.
Police said Olivia’s mother, Cheryl Korbel, appeared to have opened her front door in Kingsheath Avenue to see what was happening after hearing shots in the street. A 35-year-old man then forced his way into the house followed by the gunman. She said residents could expect to see a significant increase in the number of police officers on the city’s streets, with other forces in the north-west helping with extra officers including detectives.
Police are continuing to investigate the fatal shooting on Sunday of 28-year-old Ashley Dale, an environmental health officer at Knowsley council. She was found wounded in the back garden of her home in Old Swan, Liverpool, and died later in hospital. Dale was not the intended target and it may have been a case of mistaken identity, detectives said.
Last month, a 15-year-old boy was jailed for the murder of 12-year-old Ava White on the night of the Christmas lights switch-on in Liverpool city centre.
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