Target of gunman who shot Olivia Pratt-Korbel in Liverpool arrested

The suspected target of a bungled gangland assassination in Liverpool that resulted in a nine-year-old girl being shot dead in her own home was arrested as police hunted the gunman.

They declined to name the offence for which he was jailed, but the Guardian understands he is well known to police as a member of an organised crime group connected to drugs. Police believe the 35-year-old walked past the dying Olivia Pratt-Korbel and her injured mother, Cheryl, to reach an escape vehicle – a black Audi containing at least two associates – which took him to hospital for treatment for bullet wounds.

DCS Mark Kameen said the 35-year-old man under arrest had allegedly breached his licence conditions with “poor behaviour” and had been detained in hospital. Kameen added: “We will do all we can to take all of these involved in gun crime off the streets, as this arrest demonstrates. This is not the time for anyone who knows who was responsible to stay silent. It is a time for us all to make Merseyside a place where the use of guns on our streets is totally unacceptable and those who use them are held to account. If you saw, heard, captured or know anything, tell us directly or anonymously and we will continue to act.

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