Gun Incidents in Great Britain
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The Northern Echo
28-03-2013
The body of a man and a gun have been found outside a police station in Harrogate, North Yorkshire. The man in his 60s has not yet been identified but police were not said to be searching for anyone else in connection with his death.
Kent News
27-03-2013
A woman was reportedly threatened with a gun by a group of masked men who broke into her home in Four Elms, Kent. The victim was allegedly woken while sleeping and threatened with a number of weapons including a handgun, before her assailants escaped with a large amount of jewellery.
Liverpool Echo
27-03-2013
Shots were fired at of a house in Melling, Merseyside, shattering a downstairs window. There were people inside the property at the time of the attack, but no one was injured.
Lancashire Evening Post
27-03-2013
Two gunshots were allegedly fired during an argument between a group of people on a street in Preston, Lancashire. Police were called to the scene but the group had already dispersed. No gun was recovered but two people were later arrested on suspicion of possessing a firearm.
The Herald
27-03-2013
Officers were despatched to the centre of Plymouth, Devon after a group of people were reportedly seen with a BB gun at a shopping centre in the city. Five young men were detained but not arrested.
News & Shopper
27-03-2013
Cannabis, class A drugs, cash, two uninsured vehicles and a stun gun were seized and 20 people arrested in a large-scale police operation in Bromley, south London. A suspected firearm was later found in a flat in Hackbridge, south London and three men were arrested in drugs raids carried out as part of the city-wide operation (This is Local London, 27 March 2013).
Worcester Standard
27-03-2013
Drugs worth over £20,000, a large quantity of cash, a machete and an imitation firearm have been recovered from properties throughout south Warwickshire during a police operation to crackdown on drug dealing, money laundering and the possession of indecent images in the region. Officers also arrested 19 people during the raids.
Cambrian News
27-03-2013
A man has reportedly threatened to kill himself with a shotgun while on a clay-pigeon shoot at a ground in Llanwrin, Powys. He went to load the gun during a coffee break, telling the owner he had come for a purpose other than to shoot clays and that he should call the police. Following a number of hours of negotiations with firearms officers, the man was arrested but has since been bailed.
The Daily Post
27-03-2013
A man armed with what appeared to be a handgun has robbed a bank in Llandudno Junction, Conwy. He escaped on foot with cash leaving staff shaken but unharmed.
BBC News
27-03-2013
An inquest has found that Maureen Tyler, 79, was unlawfully killed with a sawn-off shotgun by her son, Mark Tyler, 37, who was found to have committed suicide at their home in Crays Hill, Essex. Tyler, who had a history of drug use, had recently had a psychiatric consultation but had not received a diagnosis.
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About this information
This information is provided by the Infer Trust. It is compiled from media reports of incidents in England, Scotland and Wales. Northern Ireland has different gun legislation. We know the information is incomplete, though we believe nearly all of the most serious crimes are included.