Summary of Fatal Gun Incidents April 2019 – March 2020

by Gun Control Network on 07-10-2021

Summary Of Fatal Gun Incidents

April 2019 — March 2020

GCN monitors FATAL GUN INCIDENTS in Great Britain and compiles a list that summarises the available information.

This information is collected from online media reports though it's not possible to provide a complete picture as details are often lacking. For example, the type of weapon is not always revealed, and some deaths are not made public immediately — in particular, self-inflicted deaths are often not reported until the conclusion of an inquest many months later and some never appear in the media.

GCN is often frustrated by the reluctance of the authorities and/or the media to provide accurate details, particularly on the weapon involved, its provenance and legal status. F0I requests for more information are routinely refused.

We would be grateful for any authenticated updates that would allow us to update our own records and provide a more complete picture. The details below were correct as of July 2021.

RECORDED GUN DEATHS IN 2019-2020 — 61

Homicides (25; 11 shotguns, 2 handguns, 1 rifle, 11 unknown – all but one most likely to be handguns)

Date

Victim (Age)

Location

Weapon

Outcome

Apr 17

Bradley Welsh (47)

Edinburgh, Scotland

Shotgun

1

Apr 18

Remal Hunt (28)

Erdington, W Midlands

Revolver

1

May 7

Dante Mullings (23)

Ladywood, W Midlands

NR (Not recorded in the media)

1

Jun 14

Eniola Aluko (19)

Plumstead, SE London

NR

5

Jun 21

Edward Simpson (25)

Feltham, W London

NR

5

Jul 5

Craig Small (32)

Wembley, NW London

NR

3

Jul 7

Grineo Daka (27)

Leyton, NE London

NR

1

Jul 7

Kwasi Mensah-Ababio (26)

Wembley, NW London

NR

1

Jul 13

Gurinderjit Rai (41)

Corhampton, Hampshire

Shotgun

1

Aug 5

Kathleen Gold[1] (78)

Rowledge, Surrey

NR

6

Aug 8

James Teer (20)

Erdington, W Midlands

Shotgun

1

Sep 8

Wilson Varela (24)

Kentish Town, N London

Shotgun

  

Sep 15

Hemwand Ali Hussain (30)

Hartlepool, Co. Durham

Sawn-off shotgun

2

Nov 19

Iron Miah (40)

Whitechapel, E London

NR

3

Dec 15

Marion Price (63)

Earls Barton, Northants

Shotgun

1

Dec 24

Flamur Beqiri (36)

Battersea, S London

NR

3

Jan 27

Michael O’Leary (55)

Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire

Rifle

1

Feb 22

Debbie Zurick (56)

Winsford, Somerset

Shotgun

11

Mar 13

Abdul Wahid Xasan (19)

Coventry, W Midlands

NR

1

Mar 16

Stephen Maguire (27)

Birkdale, Merseyside

Handgun

1

Mar 19

Abdullahi Mahmoud (29)

Enfield, N London

NR

3

Mar 26

Gwendoline Bound (59)

Abergwili, Carmarthenshire

Shotgun

6

Mar 29

Kelly Fitzgibbons (40)

Woodmancote, W Sussex

Shotgun

6

Mar 29

Ava Needham (4)

Woodmancote, W Sussex

Shotgun

6

Mar 29

Lexi Needham (2)

Woodmancote, W Sussex

Shotgun

6

 

Self-Inflicted (33; 23 shotguns, 1 bolt gun, 3 rifles, 1 possible rifle, 5 unknown)

Apr

Phillip Kendrick (57)

Penybont, Radnorshire

Shotgun

8

Apr 25

Mark Wellesley-Wood (67)

Dumbarton, Scotland

Shotgun

8

May 8

John East-Rigby (65)

Mockbeggar, Hampshire

Shotgun

8

May23

Tim Jones (17)

Middleham, N Yorkshire

Shotgun

10

Jun 14

Christopher Lane (70)

Chichester, W Sussex

Shotgun

10

Jun 28

Guy Bennett (37)

Dartford, Kent

Sawn-off shotgun

8

Jun 30

Russell Houghton (47)

Crimplesham, Norfolk

Shotgun

9

Jul 5

Dennis Underwood (70)

Stock, Essex

NR - legal

8

Jul 20

Michael Ross (46)

Driffield, E Yorkshire

Shotgun

8

Jul 30

Nigel Turner (65)

Huddersfield, W Yorkshire

Shotgun

8

Aug 5

John Pudsey (82)

Hutton Cranswick, E Yorks

Shotgun

8

Aug 5

Ronald Gold1 (83)

Rowledge, Surrey

NR

6

Aug 21

Darrel Griffiths (66)

Llandysul, Ceredigion

Bolt gun[2]

8

Sep 8

Reece Ramsey-Johnson (22)

Sydenham, S London

Sawn-off Shotgun

7

Sep 10

Alan O’Connor (66)

Southampton, Hampshire

Shotgun

10

Oct 9

Michael Woods (40)

Charmouth, Dorset

Rifle

8

Oct 11

Terry Rumming (58)

Yapton, West Sussex

? Rifle[3]

8

Nov 19

Kevin Limer (50)

Ashbourne, Derbyshire

Shotgun

8

Nov 26

Mark Topham (36)

Littleborough, G Manchester

Shotgun

8

Dec 2

Michael Quinnell (62)

Kingston St Mary, Somerset

Rifle

8

Dec 6

Simon Rivett-Carnac (53)

Charlton, Wiltshire

Shotgun

10

Jan 3

John O’Driscoll (88)

Bearsden, East Dunbartonshire

NR

  

Jan 12

Robert Knight (92)

Morcombelake, Dorset

NR

10

Jan 19

Frank Wilson (77)

Storrs, Cumbria

Shotgun

8

Jan 21

Paul Cheshire (52)

Thatto Heath, Merseyside

NR

10

Feb 2

Edward Webb (77)

Didcot, Oxfordshire

Shotgun

10

Feb 11

Gruffydd Lloyd-Parry (26)

Pentrecelyn, Denbighshire

Rifle

8

Feb 16

Daniel Farleigh (56)

Newton Ferrers, Devon

Shotgun

8

Feb 26

John Zurick (67)

Winsford, Somerset

Shotgun

8

Mar 18

Richard Baer (58)

Amersham, Buckinghamshire

Shotgun

8

Mar 22

Timothy Padley (58)

Brixton, Devon

Shotgun

8

Mar 26

John Bound (59)

Abergwili, Carmarthenshire

Shotgun

6

Mar 29

Robert Needham (42)

Woodmancote, W Sussex

Shotgun

6

 

Police (3)

Nov 29

Usman Khan (28)

London Bridge, C London

Police weapon

14

Feb 2

Sudesh Amman (20)

Streatham, S London

Police weapon

13

Mar 8

Hassan Yahya (30)

Westminster, C London

Police weapon

13

 

 


Key

Bold italic font – Female Victim

1. One or more person convicted of murder

2. One or more person convicted of manslaughter

3. One or more person charged with murder

4. Ongoing murder trial

5. One or more suspect arrested

6. Reported to have been a Murder-Suicide – not all details known

7. Reported to have been an Accident

8. Inquest verdict – Suicide

9. Inquest verdict – Open Verdict

10. Inquest awaited or adjourned

11. Inquest verdict – Unlawful killing

12. Armed Forces

13. Referred to IOPC

14. Inquest verdict – Lawful Killing


  

[1] Full details not yet known - not confirmed which of the couple fired the gun

[2] Hanged himself at same time as firing the gun

[3] Died at Ford Rifle Ranges, weapon not reported

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