Nine-year-old girl shot dead in Liverpool home - BBC News

"A nine-year-old girl was fatally shot when a man being chased by a gunman forced his way into her home in Liverpool, England.

Olivia Pratt-Korbel was shot in the chest as her mother struggled with the men at the door of her house on Monday.

Staff at Olivia's school said she had a ""beautiful smile, a lovely sense of humour, and a bubbly personality"".

Olivia's death came after a spate of killings involving guns and knives on Merseyside.

Police have appealed for anyone with information to come forward, saying that now was ""not the time to remain tight-lipped""."