A gunman has been on the run for 12 hours after shooting a nine-year-old girl dead in Liverpool on Monday night.
Merseyside police began a murder investigation after the schoolgirl was killed in a shooting at a home on Kingsheath Avenue, Dovecot. Emergency services rushed to the scene, at around 10pm, on Monday, August 22.
Detectives claim that an "unknown man" entered the property and started to fire a gun, hitting three people, including the little girl. The nine-year-old was shot in the chest and died from her injuries.
