Rare Mass Shooting in U.K. Claims Five Victims

LONDON—A 22-calendar year-aged gunman shot lifeless 5 people today in England in advance of using his personal daily life, a scarce example of gun violence in a region with strict firearms controls.

The shooter, named by police as Jake Davison, applied what eyewitnesses explained as a pump-action shotgun to have out the assault in the city of Plymouth, southwestern England, late Thursday, according to police.

Devon and Cornwall Police Chief Constable Shaun Sawyer claimed at a information conference Friday that the purpose for the killings was unclear. One of the victims was a youthful female shot lifeless in the avenue.

“There is no motive that we know at current,” he claimed. Mr. Sawyer claimed police are not looking at terrorism as a motive and don’t consider Mr. Davison had any connection with far-appropriate groups, but he additional they are examining his social media accounts as portion of the investigation. In videos posted on line, Mr. Davison complained of getting “beaten down and defeated” by daily life and upset at not getting a girlfriend. He explained himself as “the Terminator.”

Incidents of gun violence are reasonably scarce in the U.K., where by accessibility to firearms is tightly controlled. Computerized weapons are illegal. A strict licensing regime governs accessibility to shotguns and sporting rifles. Handguns, with slim exceptions, are banned.