He broke into the family home and fired indiscriminately, wounding the mother in the arm and then killing the 9-year-old girl.
A 36-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering a girl who was shot dead at her home in Liverpool (Northern England) in a tragedy that shocked the United Kingdom.
On Monday evening, the mother of 9-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel opened the door to her house after hearing a noise in the street. A man then sped up, followed by a second, who opened fire indiscriminately, wounding the 46-year-old mother and killing the little girl behind her. “We have arrested a 36-year-old man suspected of murdering Olivia Pratt-Korbel. The man, from Huyton, was arrested on two counts of attempted murder“, announced the local police on Friday morning. The arrest took placeAfter an operation involving armed officersThursday, in the Liverpool area. The man was arrested.
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The killing comes 15 years after an 11-year-old boy was gunned down a few kilometers away after returning home from playing football. A 35-year-old man who was shot in the attack and hospitalized has been arrested for violating the conditions of his release from prison. Her friends left the girl behind and rushed her to the hospital. Olivia’s family paid tribute to her on Thursday, “”A unique, talkative and curious little girl“. Olivia’s family called on anyone with information about her murder.talk“for that”Find out who took our child from us.ยป