The Latest Breaking News from Rhys Jones

August 22 marked the 15th anniversary of the shooting of 11-year-old Rhys Jones in the Liverpool suburb of Croxteth. In the same week, the people of Liverpool again witnessed the merciless killing of an innocent child, gunned down in her own home. Nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel has become one more unnecessary…

Police in Liverpool are reportedly focussing their attention on members of family-based crime groups rather than local gangs as they hunt for Olivia Pratt-Korbel's killer

A vigil for peace was held in memory of three young people who were shot dead

A coroner's court heard she was rushed to hospital in a police car and an officer carried her in as he covered a wound with his hand

Coroner, who presided over inquest into death of 11-year-old Rhys Jones in 2007, speaks of shock at death of another child

An armed response officer scooped Olivia into their arms after finding her with a gunshot wound, a coroner's court heard

Olivia Pratt-Korbel suffered a gunshot wound in Liverpool at about 10pm on Monday August 22.

Olivia Pratt-Korbel suffered a gunshot wound in Liverpool at about 10pm on 22 August

Postcode based street gangs are not believed to be behind the death of 9-year-old Olivia

Columnist Rachael Bletchly says the heartbreaking killing of Olivia Pratt-Korbel, nine, in Liverpool is a terrible consequence of a trade fuelled by recreational drug takers who think they harm no one

Things were getting better before the killing of Olivia Pratt-Korbel, and that won’t change, says Liverpool Echo editor Maria Breslin