Nine-year-old girl shot dead as ‘devastating’ gun violence rocks Liverpool

The killing, in which an unknown male was said to have fired a gun inside the property, came 15 years to the day after 11-year-old Rhys Jones was shot dead in Croxteth

Police officers at the scene in Kingsheath Avenue, Knotty Ash, Liverpool, where a nine-year-old girl has been fatally shot. Officers from Merseyside Police have started a murder investigation after attending a house at 10pm Monday following reports that an unknown male had fired a gun inside the property. Picture date: Tuesday August 23, 2022.

A nine-year-old girl has been shot dead in Liverpool on the anniversary of another child’s murder in the latest “devastating” case of gun violence across the city.

Two other people are in hospital with gunshot wounds after officers attended a house in Kingsheath Avenue, Knotty Ash, on Monday night, Merseyside Police said.