Rare Mass Shooting in U.K. Claims Five Victims

LONDON—A 22-calendar year-old gunman shot useless five folks in England in advance of taking his very own lifetime, a unusual instance of gun violence in a country with strict firearms controls.

The shooter, named by law enforcement as Jake Davison, applied what eyewitnesses described as a pump-action shotgun to carry out the attack in the metropolis of Plymouth, southwestern England, late Thursday, according to law enforcement.

Devon and Cornwall Police Chief Constable Shaun Sawyer said at a news meeting Friday that the reason for the killings was unclear. One particular of the victims was a younger girl shot useless in the street.

“There is no motive that we know at existing,” he said. Mr. Sawyer said law enforcement are not considering terrorism as a motive and don’t consider Mr. Davison experienced any romantic relationship with much-correct teams, but he added they are analyzing his social media accounts as element of the investigation. In video clips posted on the web, Mr. Davison complained of getting “beaten down and defeated” by lifetime and upset at not acquiring a girlfriend. He described himself as “the Terminator.”

Incidents of gun violence are relatively unusual in the U.K., wherever accessibility to firearms is tightly managed. Automated weapons are illegal. A strict licensing regime governs accessibility to shotguns and sporting rifles. Handguns, with slender exceptions, are banned.