Britain's worst mass shooting in more than a decade leaves 6 dead, including suspected gunman
Source: Washington Post
By Jennifer Hassan
LONDON Six people, including a suspected gunman, are dead and an investigation is underway following what police called a serious firearms incident in the city of Plymouth in England; the mass shooting is Britains worst in more than a decade.
Witnesses told local media that the gunman was dressed in black and let off shots inside a house before exiting and heading to the streets. Police from Devon and Cornwall counties said in a statement that two women and three men died at the scene, while another female victim died in a hospital shortly after.
Devon & Cornwall Police would stress this is not a terrorism related incident, the statement said.
Officers asked members of the public not to share images of the scene on social media.
An investigator carries an evidence bag after a shooting in Plymouth, England, on Aug. 13. (Ben Birchall/AP)
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/08/13/plymouth-shooting-britain-six-dead/
no_hypocrisy
(46,266 posts)don't regularly carry firearms.
IthinkThereforeIAM
(3,078 posts)... thanks for pointing that out. When I mention to my friends and acquaintances that the police in England/UK for the most part do not carry firearms with them, they are shocked.
IronLionZion
(45,614 posts)Sounds about white
niyad
(113,738 posts)IronLionZion
(45,614 posts)Jake Davison
Phoenix61
(17,023 posts)We believe we have an incident that is domestically-related, that has spilled into the street and seen several people within Plymouth losing their lives in an extraordinarily tragic circumstance, Sawyer said.
MrsCheaplaugh
(183 posts)lonely bird
(1,694 posts)What pikers!
Hopefully you dont need the sarcasm button.