A 23-year-old man is said to be the perpetrator of the shocking attack in Plymouth in the south of England that resulted in the death of six people, along with the killer.
The gunman who sowed terror and then turned his shotgun on himself and committed suicide is said to be Jake Davison. Several witnesses reported that the 23-year-old apprentice crane operator had planned the attack.
He is even said to have shot members of his own family before taking to the streets and opening fire on strangers. His rage left the girl, two women and two men dead, while most of his victims are not believed to have been known to him. Two dog walkers were among those shot.
According to dailymail, among the victims are the perpetrator's mother, his brother and a five-year-old girl, while at least two people who had taken their dogs for a walk were injured by the bullets of the gunman.
Last night, armed police, the Emergency Response Unit (HART), the National Police Air Force and about three ambulances of the aircraft rushed to the scene of the "serious and tragic incident after reports of" strong blows "and" immediate fire " after 6 p.m.
Eyewitnesses have described seeing the gunman dressed in black and gray kicking the door of a house and opening fire in the Cayham area of the city, shortly after 6 pm yesterday. He was carrying a cannon with many barrels and was seen leaving in the back of the property and in a park where he allegedly fell on two dog walkers and opened fire. The incident - the first in Britain involving an "active sniper" in 11 years - was so serious that Home Secretary Pretty Patel was regularly informed.
Security sources said he was not being treated as a terrorist. Sharron Turner, 57, who lives behind the scenes of the shooting, said a gunman "kicked" the front door of a house before shooting a young mother and her daughter, who was about five years old. "We heard a series of loud bangs that I said sounded like gunshots," Miss Turner told The Times. He then ran to the park and other shots were fired. "I heard someone say he shot his brother."
After the attack, the gunman escaped through a park behind the house in Northdown Crescent and shot two dog walkers, he claimed. A resident, Michel Abdullah, wrote: "On a sad day, a man shot his whole family and then left by accident. Police right outside my house. "Three ambulances in the park outside my back garden." Last night a video posted on social media showed a body covered with a sheet lying on the sidewalk, while an armed police officer was standing nearby.
An eyewitness, Sharon, who lives near Biddick Drive and did not want to be named, told the BBC that what happened was "so horrible and sad" and describes the scene she experienced.
"We heard screams and then shots at first three to four," he said. "It was when the gunman kicked a door and started firing indiscriminately. He ran from the house, shooting some people in the nearby park, and continued until he reached Royal Navy Avenue. "
Another eyewitness, Robert Pinkerton, said the man was all dressed in black and holding a shotgun, while he saw at least one dead woman on the street.
Source: Protothema.gr