Concerned witnesses heard tyres screeching before spotting fatally injured Ashley Dale lying in her back yard, a coroner's court heard.
Andre Rebello, senior coroner for Liverpool and Wirral, opened inquests into the death of the 28-year-old environmental health officer alongside nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel and 22-year-old Sam Rimmer this afternoon.
Miss Dale was murdered in horrific circumstances when a gunman forced open her front door in Leinster Road, Old Swan, and opened fire "indiscriminately". Merseyside Police say they do not believe Miss Dale was the intended target, but do believe her address was targeted for reasons detectives are working to establish.
