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Police said the incident in the southwestern city of Plymouth has been brought under control and the gunman has died.
Police said a gunman opened fire on a house in Plymouth, southwest England, and five people were killed in a rare mass shooting in the UK.
Armed police and paramedics were dispatched to the Keyham area near the Plymouth City Pier at 6:10 pm (17:10 GMT) in response to the so-called “serious gun incident” on Thursday night.
Devon and Cornwall police said in a statement on Friday morning that four people-“two women and two men”-were confirmed to have died on the spot, while a third woman died in the hospital.
Local councillor Luke Pollard said that among the people killed in what he described as “unspeakably terrible” was a young girl.
“Another male believed to be a criminal also died at the scene. It is believed that all of them died from gunshot wounds,” the police statement said.
“The Devon and Cornish police will emphasize that this is not a terrorism-related incident,” it added.
The UK has strict regulations on gun ownership and has one of the lowest gun homicide rates in the world. In 1996, a man with legal rights to firearms broke into an elementary school in Dunblane, Scotland, and opened fire on children and teachers, killing 17 people. Mass shootings were rare and gun control was further tightened.
Sharron Turner, who lives behind the scenes of the shooting, told The Times that a gunman “kicked” into the front door of a semi-detached house and then shot and killed a young mother who was about 5 years old And her daughter. Turner, 57, said she was told that the man in black and gray was armed with a semi-automatic weapon.
The gunman then escaped from the park behind the house.
“We heard some loud explosions, I said it sounded like gunfire,” the newspaper quoted Turner as saying. “Then he ran into the park, and there were more shots.”
British Home Secretary Priti Patel called the incident “shocking” and urged people to follow the police’s advice.
Update: The police have confirmed that six people were killed in the shooting #keyham exist #Plymouth. More and more people are being treated in hospitals for injuries. It’s horrible. My condolences and thoughts are with my family.
— Luke Pollard MP (@LukePollard) August 12, 2021
Opposition leader Keir Starmer also expressed shock at what happened.
“Obviously, the tragedy has come to Keyham,” Starmer wrote on Twitter. “My heart is with the family and neighbors of the person caught in this nightmare. I pay tribute to our emergency service personnel who rushed to the incident that we all avoided.”
The police have sealed off the area and stated that the investigation is continuing.
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