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Olivia Pratt-Korbel, 9, was shot by a hitman using TWO firearms, police said.

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Olivia Pratt-Korbel, who was nine years old when she was murdered in her Liverpool home, was reportedly

targeted by a member of a rival gang. The assailant fired two shots into

Olivia's family house on Merseyside, striking the toddler in the chest with

the second. Joseph Nee, who was probably the intended victim, ran inside the home.

Nee, 35, was one of two men shot by the shooter, who had fired three bullets from a modified Glock handgun.

The Sunday Times said that they then switched to a.38 pistol that he had in the wasistline of his pants.

It was à male assailant who opened fire on Olivia's house, striking her mother Cheryl in the chest before the bullet entered Olivia's body.

Fifty policemen have been assigned to the investigation, and a record

v£200,000 has been offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the murderer.