A nine-year-old girl has died after being shot in Liverpool.
An unknown man was reported to have fired a gun inside a house in the Knotty Ash area at 22:00 BST on Monday.
The girl was shot in the chest and died in hospital, a man also suffered gunshot wounds to his body and a woman was shot in the hand.
Merseyside Police has put a huge cordon in place as officers hunt the gunman. Assistant chief constable Jenny Sims said the shooting was "truly shocking".
"No parent should ever have to suffer the loss of a child in these dreadful circumstances," she added.
"This crime is abhorrent and our communities must come forward and tell us who is responsible."
The girl's next of kin has been informed.
The injured man and woman were taken to hospital after the shooting in Kingsheath Avenue.
A cordon is also in place and police said house-to-house and forensic inquiries would be carried out.
The force is appealing for dashcam, CCTV and mobile phone footage from anyone in the area at the time.
At the scene
Andy Gill, BBC News
We're at just one side of an extremely extensive cordon around where this shooting happened.
There's a very big police presence here.
There is currently another murder investigation under way in Liverpool - hours after police said on Monday they were aware there was sometimes a culture of "not grassing" to officers.
Officers said people must get beyond that culture and must come forward with information.
That applies in this tragic case of the death of a nine-year-old girl.
In a separate incident, 28-year-old Knowsley Council worker Ashley Dale died after being shot in the Old Swan area of Liverpool early on Sunday.
Police are still searching for two people who fled on electric bikes following the fatal shooting of Sam Rimmer aged in his early 20s in inner-city Toxteth late on 16 August.
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