The man who shot Olivia Pratt-Korbel dead is a "top tier" gangland thug who fired a Glock handgun previously used to shoot a 19-year-old man nearby.
The nine-year-old was killed on August 22 in Kingsheath Avenue, Dovecot, when a gunman carrying two firearms burst through her front door chasing a convicted criminal in a bungled execution attempt. The killer also wounded Olivia's mum, Cheryl Korbel, who was standing in front of her daughter.
Today Merseyside Police provided a major update into the investigation into the death of Olivia, revealing the types of guns carried by the killer had been identified - although the guns themselves not yet found - through ballistic analysis. But senior officers also expressed "disgust" that people with potentially vital information were "protecting key individuals".
