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Several people dead after mass shooting in England By Mark Lungariello August 12, 2021 9:36pmFive people, including a young child, were killed in a mass shooting in southwest England on Thursday, authorities said.The shooter, who was also killed, kicked in the door of a home then gunned down a woman and her young daughter before randomly opening fire on other people in the streets of Plymouth, reports and officials said.Two women and two men were found dead at the scene as well as another man believed to be the gunman, Devon & Cornwall police said in a statement. A woman was transported to a local hospital and later died, police said. ...Another witness said he saw a man dressed in black carrying a shotgun. Other reports said the weapon was a semiautomatic. Two of the victims may have been walking their dogs according to Reuters. ...
Jake Davison, who killed five people, including a young girl, in Plymouth carried out the deadly spree in just six minutes, police have revealed.The licensed firearms holder shot two women, two men and the girl in the Keyham area of the city on Thursday evening.Police said the incident, the worst mass shooting in Britain since 2010, is not terror-related.In online videos Davison spoke of being "beaten down" and "defeated by life". ...In the online videos, since removed by YouTube, Davison said he was socially isolated, struggled to meet women and made references to "incels" - the misogynistic online groups of "involuntary celibate" men, who blame women for their sexual failings and who have been linked to a number of violent acts around the world.Signing off on an 11-minute video, which appears to be the last he posted, Davison said: "I know it's a movie but I like to think sometimes I'm the Terminator or something. Despite reaching almost total system failure he keeps trying to accomplish his mission." ...
Authorities on Friday identified the five people gunned down by a crazed killer in the UK — including a dad who witnesses said died while trying in vain to shield his 3-year-old daughter.Little Sophie Martyn and her adopted father, Lee Martyn, 43, were among those slaughtered by twisted 22-year-old Jake Davidson during Thursday’s bloodbath, Devon & Cornwall police said in a statement.Witnesses saw the dad trying to flee the gunman with his daughter, who was pushing a toy stroller, according to the Daily Mail.“There was no noise or screaming, they were just running,” a witness told the outlet. “This bloke with the gun stopped about 15-feet from them, raised his gun to his shoulder, and shot the man in the back.”“He fell on to his daughter, protecting her even though he may have been dying.”Davidson “walked up and stood over them and fired from inches away to finish them off,” the witness said. ...Police say the gun used, a pump-action shotgun, was legally purchased and owned in 2020, which according to The Sun, are legal in the UK with a fixed magazine capacity of no more than three cartridges and a valid Shotgun certificate. ...
