Woman killed, man injured in shooting
Published: 2013 August 08 14:47:13 (4851 Views)
A woman has died and a man remains seriously injured after a shooting at a housing estate in Newport, south Wales, UK.
Armed police were called to Seabreeze Avenue near the city's Willenhall Street at 08:45 BST after reports of gunshots.
Both were taken to Royal Gwent Hospital where the woman, 46, has since died. A 49-year-old man is undergoing surgery.
Gwent Police said the couple were known to one another. A firearm has been recovered from the scene.
In a statement, Gwent Police said: "Police were called to Seabreeze Avenue Newport at about 8.45 am this morning after a report of what sounded like gun shots had been fired.
"Armed Police attended and found a male and female injured.
"Both were taken to the Royal Gwent Hospital with serious injuries.
"The 46-year-old female has since died and the 49-year-old male remains in surgery at this time.
"It is not believed anyone else is involved in the incident and both of those involved were known to each other.
"Officers have recovered a firearm from the scene
"Officers are supporting family members at this time. Willenhall Street and Seabreeze Avenue remains cordoned off for police to carry out inquiries."
Police cordoned off Willenhall Street - a main route into a housing estate - and a forensic investigation has got under way.
People at the scene told BBC Wales how they had heard two or three loud bangs, which they believed to be gunshots, early on Thursday morning.
A statement from the Wales Ambulance Service said: "We sent a rapid response car, two emergency ambulances and a Basics doctor to the scene.
"A man and a woman were taken to the Royal Gwent Hospital with serious injuries."
Victoria Neill, 26, said: "I saw two people laying on the street either side of a car parked in the middle of the street - it was a red sports car.
I thought they were two men, but I couldn't see properly, they were laying face down
Both the doors and the boot of the car were open, which I thought was unusual. There was a Ford Focus parked next to it, which also had the boot open.
Then the emergency services started arriving and I was asked to go back."
Phil Passey, 30, homeowner on the street, said: "You don't expect to come off the main road and see a police cordon.
"It's something you don't expect on a Thursday morning.
"It's very very quiet around here, there's never any trouble.
"I think it happened a minute's walk from my house. It's a scary thought."
Kelly Holbrook has lived nearby for almost five years
"I woke up this morning and someone had put something on Facebook saying they had seen someone get shot and then shot themselves.
"It quite a quiet area - it's a massive shock."
Another resident who didn't want to be named, said: "Too many people down here have guns and drugs.
"There's not many nice people down here."
- BBC
Armed police were called to Seabreeze Avenue near the city's Willenhall Street at 08:45 BST after reports of gunshots.
Both were taken to Royal Gwent Hospital where the woman, 46, has since died. A 49-year-old man is undergoing surgery.
Gwent Police said the couple were known to one another. A firearm has been recovered from the scene.
In a statement, Gwent Police said: "Police were called to Seabreeze Avenue Newport at about 8.45 am this morning after a report of what sounded like gun shots had been fired.
"Armed Police attended and found a male and female injured.
"Both were taken to the Royal Gwent Hospital with serious injuries.
"The 46-year-old female has since died and the 49-year-old male remains in surgery at this time.
"It is not believed anyone else is involved in the incident and both of those involved were known to each other.
"Officers have recovered a firearm from the scene
"Officers are supporting family members at this time. Willenhall Street and Seabreeze Avenue remains cordoned off for police to carry out inquiries."
Police cordoned off Willenhall Street - a main route into a housing estate - and a forensic investigation has got under way.
People at the scene told BBC Wales how they had heard two or three loud bangs, which they believed to be gunshots, early on Thursday morning.
A statement from the Wales Ambulance Service said: "We sent a rapid response car, two emergency ambulances and a Basics doctor to the scene.
"A man and a woman were taken to the Royal Gwent Hospital with serious injuries."
Victoria Neill, 26, said: "I saw two people laying on the street either side of a car parked in the middle of the street - it was a red sports car.
I thought they were two men, but I couldn't see properly, they were laying face down
Both the doors and the boot of the car were open, which I thought was unusual. There was a Ford Focus parked next to it, which also had the boot open.
Then the emergency services started arriving and I was asked to go back."
Phil Passey, 30, homeowner on the street, said: "You don't expect to come off the main road and see a police cordon.
"It's something you don't expect on a Thursday morning.
"It's very very quiet around here, there's never any trouble.
"I think it happened a minute's walk from my house. It's a scary thought."
Kelly Holbrook has lived nearby for almost five years
"I woke up this morning and someone had put something on Facebook saying they had seen someone get shot and then shot themselves.
"It quite a quiet area - it's a massive shock."
Another resident who didn't want to be named, said: "Too many people down here have guns and drugs.
"There's not many nice people down here."
- BBC
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