UK Police have been giving more details of the shooting which left six people dead – including the gunman – in Plymouth, southwest England on Thursday evening.
Shaun Sawyer, chief constable of Devon and Cornwall police, described how Jake Davison, 22, murdered a woman at one address before shooting and killing a “very young girl” and one of her male relatives at a second address.
“This was a truly shocking event and was witnessed by members of the public,” he said.
According to Sawyer, Davison then shot at two local people who are being treated in hospital for “significant, but not life-threatening injuries,” before entering parkland and shooting a man who died at the scene.
The chief constable said Davison shot another woman, who died in hospital, and then turned the weapon on himself.
Sawyer said terrorism was not being considered as a motive and that Davison had no known association with far-right groups. He confirmed that Davison knew the first woman he killed, and had “a familial” relationship with her.
He said Davison had a firearms license but couldn’t confirm that the weapon he used was the one to which it applied.
Sawyer said he couldn’t confirm witness descriptions of the weapon as a pump-action shotgun, but said a forensic examination was under way.
Asked whether Davison was receiving treatment for mental health issues, the chief constable said: “Clearly this is an extraordinarily unusual response by a fellow human being. Whether there were mental health issues I cannot say at this time.”
Source:(News Now)