Plymouth shooting: Gunman kills 5 including young girl, police confirm

On Friday, British police named Jake Davison as the 22-year-old man who went on a shooting spree that killed five people including a very young girl in the city of Plymouth, though they said the motive for the murders was unclear.

Davison started shooting, possibly with a pump-action shotgun, at around 6:00 p.m. local time on Thursday, first killing a woman he knew in a house on Biddick Drive in Plymouth.

He walked out of that house and shot dead a very young girl in the street along with her male relative.

Davison shot at two other people who were badly injured, then entered a park and shot dead another man before killing another woman in Henderson Place.

He then turned the gun on himself before firearms officers tackled him. The deadly shooting spree was over in just a few minutes, Devon and Cornwall Police Chief Constable Shaun Sawyer said.

Plus, British Home Secretary Priti Patel praised police response to the crime.

"I think first of all I just want to give my condolences and sympathy to the family and friends of everybody that's involved. And also praise to the emergency service for the rapid response. We've heard from the chief constable the police in particular were there in six minutes," said Patel.

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