Everton manager Frank Lampard has urged anyone with information about the murder of Olivia Pratt-Korbel to come forward.
Nine-year-old Olivia was fatally shot inside her home on Kingsheath Avenue in Dovecot on Monday (August 22). Merseyside Police believe Joseph Nee, 35, who was being chased by a man armed with a gun, forced his way into Olivia's house at around 10pm.
The offender ran in after Nee, firing a number of shots - one of which hit Olivia's mum Cheryl in the wrist before fatally wounding Olivia. A dark-coloured Audi then appeared at the address and picked Nee up, leaving Cheryl and daughter Olivia behind.
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Police arrived and rushed Olivia to Alder Hey hospital, where she later died. Merseyside Police is still looking for the gunman and the force has confirmed it is following a number of lines of enquiry into the murder.
The Everton manager has joined people from across the region to urge anyone with information about Olivia's murder to come forward.
In a video sent to the ECHO, he said: " Following the tragic death of nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel, our entire community needs to come together. If you know anything or have any information about the incident, please let the authorities know.
"Keeping quiet is not an option. Enough is enough. Whose side are you on?”
Lampard echoed the words of the ECHO's headline on Wednesday, which read: "Whose side are you on?". The ECHO is calling for an end to an 'anti-grass' culture and has urged anyone who knows anything about Olivia's murder to prove which side they are on and tell the authorities.
Two Merseyside-born Everton players also asked people with information to come forward. Liverpool-born midfielder Tom Davies said: " Tragedies like this are occurring far too often. Enough is enough. Our communities need to come together now more than ever.
"If you know anything about the incident, please let the authorities know. Gun and knife crime is no part of our city. So please let’s come together to help stop this”.
Everton defender Conor Coady, who was raised in Haydock, added: “We need to show strength in our community and say enough is enough. Whose side are you on?”
The Everton manager and his players have joined people from across the region who have come together to unite behind a message asking people to come forward. Sending messages to the ECHO, the people of Liverpool have called for change after a week which saw four people murdered.
On the same night of Olivia's death, Karen Dempsey was fatally stabbed in Kirkby. Sam Rimmer, 22, was shot dead in Dingle on August 16 and Ashley Dale, 28, was shot and killed in her own home in Old Swan on August 21.
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