A man targeted by a gunman in the shooting that killed nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel is due to face further questioning about her murder.
Olivia was shot as her mother struggled with two men, one with a gun, at her home in Liverpool on Monday night.
The intended victim of the shooting has been named as 35-year-old Joseph Nee, a convicted drug dealer.
Merseyside Police has not publicly identified Nee, but said a man had been detained and would be interviewed.
Nee, who was also shot, has previously been jailed for drug offences.
In 2018 he was sentenced to three years and nine months for burglary.
Nee also has previous convictions for theft of a motor vehicle, dangerous driving, driving without insurance, and driving while disqualified.
On Wednesday, Merseyside Police said a 35-year-old man injured in the shooting would be recalled to prison for allegedly breaching the terms of his licence conditions with "poor behaviour".
The force said the man, in a stable condition, had been detained in hospital and would be "further questioned" in connection with Olivia's death.
Police said officers had been given the same name by two different sources while hunting the gunman.
A Liverpool city councillor told the BBC that while information "was coming into the police" he still wanted more people to come forward.
Liam Robinson said it was "absolutely vital in these early days" that any details were passed on.
Labour MP for West Derby Ian Byrne said it was heartening to hear that information was coming in, despite a background culture of "not grassing".
He added: "The nature of this crime and what happened to Olivia and her family, who are completely innocent in all of this, has really reached out and touched people.
"It's gone right to the heart of what we are as a community, what we are as a city, and what we are as a country.
"So I firmly do believe that the information needed will get into the police's hands [so they can] take these people off the streets."
Det Ch Supt Mark Kameen said the investigations into Olivia's death, as well as the recent shootings of 28-year-old Ashley Dale in Old Swan and 22-year-old Sam Rimmer in Dingle, were all "receiving first-class treatment and will continue to do so".
He said the force was "absolutely dedicated" to ensuring there were sufficient resources to investigate each case and police raids carried out across Liverpool on Wednesday were in response to the deaths and organised crime.
He said: "We're proactive, we're hard-edged and we'll take the fight to the criminal."
The force has previously said that a man, named independently as Nee, ran into Olivia's home on Kingsheath Avenue in Dovecot, followed by a masked gunman at about 22:00 BST on Monday.
Her mother Cheryl Korbel had opened her front door in response to the commotion outside.
Olivia was fatally shot and Ms Korbel was shot in the wrist as she tried to shut the door. Nee was shot in the upper body.
The gunman ran away before Nee was driven away in a black Audi. Olivia and Ms Korbel were left behind. Neither Nee nor the gunman have any links with the family.
Det Ch Supt Kameen said his force was "supporting her family as they try to come to terms with this tragedy".
He echoed previous appeals to "keep helping this family in every way possible", adding that this was "not the time for anyone who knows who was responsible to stay silent".
"If you saw, heard, captured or know anything, tell us directly or anonymously and we will continue to act."
Olivia's head teacher at St Margaret Mary's Catholic Junior School in Huyton, Rebecca Wilkinson, described her as "a little ray of sunshine".
Mrs Wilkinson said Olivia was a "lively little soul [who was] very, very popular with all her peers" and the school was in "shock and disbelief".
Jean Martindale, whose grandson was in the same class as Olivia, said he was "very, very sad".
The resident, who has lived in the area for 52 years, said the murder had been "absolutely devastating" for the close-knit community.
She said: "You can feel it, the atmosphere in the air, it's horrible.
Source: BBC
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