Police have named a nine-year-old girl who was gunned down in her own home as Olivia Pratt-Korbel. The nine-year-old schoolgirl was shot in the chest in the Dovecot area of Merseyside at around 10pm on Monday, August 22.
She was rushed to Alder Hey Children's Hospital in a critical condition where she died a short time later. Speaking at a press conference on Wednesday, August 23, Merseyside police confirmed Olivia was the victim of the Dovecot shooting, which has been described as an "appalling act of evil."
A man also suffered gunshot wounds to his body and a woman was shot in the hand during the incident in the house, on Kingsheath Avenue, Liverpool Echo reports.
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