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Police raid homes in Liverpool after spate of killings and murder of nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel
24.08.2022 - 13:35 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Homes were being raided by police in Liverpool today after a shocking series of gun murders across the city. The police action follows the murder in her own home of nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel, who was shot as she stood behind her mother when a gunman ran into their terraced house.
Olivia was fatally wounded when the masked man opened fire through a gap in the doorway on Monday night. Police said at a press conference the gunman, who was wearing a balaclava, approached two men on Kingsheath Avenue, in the Dovecot area of the city, and opened fire at them just before 10pm.
Olivia's mum, Cheryl, opened the front door to see what was happening before one man forced his way into her home, followed by the gunman. A number of shots were fired. One bullet hit Cheryl in the wrist and Olivia in the chest. She died later, prompting outrage nationwide and tributes across the city, with children holding hands in tears as flowers were left at the scene.
The shocking killing was the latest in an explosion of violence across the city - and police were breaking down doors today, reports the Liverpool Echo.
The raids came as the former chief constable of Greater Manchester Police, Sir Peter Fahy, downplayed the likelihood of criminals turning in Olivia's killer.
Questioned on Sky News about whether criminal gangs would respond to an appeal from Merseyside Police, Sir Peter said: "It’s very rare, really. This, at the end of the day, will be down to either a lucky piece of information from the public, really good analysis of mobile phone data.
"Sometimes another criminal gang will see to their advantage in a way to pass forward information which might lead to the disruption of another criminal gang. Often when criminal members
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