The gun used in Olivia Pratt-Korbel's murder and the two other shootings it is linked to
22.09.2022 - 09:55
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A gun used on the night Olivia Pratt-Korbel was murdered was used in two other shootings in Merseyside, police have revealed.
Detectives are still searching for the two firearms that were used on the night the nine-year-old was fatally shot. Both guns have been identified by police, including the murder weapon - a .38 revolver - that was used to kill Olivia.
The other gun, a Glock-type self-loading 9mm pistol, was fired three times at Joseph Nee by Olivia's killer as he entered Kingsheath Avenue on August 22. The revolver was then discharged twice, with one of those bullets fatally wounding the little girl.
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Police confirmed the Glock gun has been used in two other shootings on Merseyside over the last two and a half years, the Liverpool Echo reports. Detective Chief Superintendent Mark Kameen said during this time the Glock, also known as Linked Series 179, has 'exclusively been used in Dovecot'.
Here's everything known so far about the three shootings that the gun is linked to.
January 27, 2020 - Wimbourne Close
The Glock was first used in Wimbourne Close, Dovecot, on 27 January 2020. Police were called to the cul-de-sac at around 8.50pm after reports of gunfire.
A 19-year-old man was targeted during the incident and shot in the torso. Detective Chief Superintendent Mark Kameen said: "Furthermore, and in shocking similarity to the circumstances leading to Olivia’s murder, one of the bullets also went through the front door of a house of an innocent member of the community.
"This attack could quite clearly have had far more dire consequences had someone been stood behind that door. This evidences the callous nature