Post by Admin on Aug 14, 2021 20:06:29 GMT
Jake Davison, who killed five people, including a young girl, in Plymouth was a licensed firearms holder, police have revealed.
The 22-year-old shot two women, two men and the three-year-old girl in a deadly six-minute spree in the Keyham area of the city on Thursday evening.
Police said the incident, the worst mass shooting in Britain since 2010, was not terror-related.
In online videos Davison spoke of being "beaten down" and "defeated by life".
Emergency services were called to Biddick Drive shortly after 18:00 BST on Thursday. Five people, including Davison, died at the scene and one died later in hospital.
Devon and Cornwall Police Chief Constable Shaun Sawyer said Davison was a firearms licence holder.
He said the weapon used in the shooting had been described by witnesses as a "pump action shotgun" but police were not confirming that at this stage.
Mr Sawyer said a firearm had been recovered from the scene and officers were not looking for anyone else in connection with the incident.
He said: "We believe we have an incident that is domestically related, that has spilled into the street and seen several people in Plymouth losing their lives in extraordinarily tragic circumstances."
The police received calls to an address on Biddick Drive at 18:11 BST and armed and unarmed officers arrived with six minutes.
Mr Sawyer said "multiple shots have been fired from a firearm during that six-minute-or-so period".
He said Davison murdered a 51-year-old woman who was known to him, with police believing there may be a familial relationship.
He then went out on to the street, where "he immediately shot and killed a very young girl. He also shot and killed the male relative of that girl", who was aged 43.
Davison then shot another woman, 53, and a man, 33, on Biddick Drive who remain in hospital with injuries "not thought to be life-threatening".
The 22-year-old shot two women, two men and the three-year-old girl in a deadly six-minute spree in the Keyham area of the city on Thursday evening.
Police said the incident, the worst mass shooting in Britain since 2010, was not terror-related.
In online videos Davison spoke of being "beaten down" and "defeated by life".
Emergency services were called to Biddick Drive shortly after 18:00 BST on Thursday. Five people, including Davison, died at the scene and one died later in hospital.
Devon and Cornwall Police Chief Constable Shaun Sawyer said Davison was a firearms licence holder.
He said the weapon used in the shooting had been described by witnesses as a "pump action shotgun" but police were not confirming that at this stage.
Mr Sawyer said a firearm had been recovered from the scene and officers were not looking for anyone else in connection with the incident.
He said: "We believe we have an incident that is domestically related, that has spilled into the street and seen several people in Plymouth losing their lives in extraordinarily tragic circumstances."
The police received calls to an address on Biddick Drive at 18:11 BST and armed and unarmed officers arrived with six minutes.
Mr Sawyer said "multiple shots have been fired from a firearm during that six-minute-or-so period".
He said Davison murdered a 51-year-old woman who was known to him, with police believing there may be a familial relationship.
He then went out on to the street, where "he immediately shot and killed a very young girl. He also shot and killed the male relative of that girl", who was aged 43.
Davison then shot another woman, 53, and a man, 33, on Biddick Drive who remain in hospital with injuries "not thought to be life-threatening".