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Manchester Evening News
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Kieran Isgin

Chilling footage shows Jake Davison carrying shotgun during eight-minute killing spree

CCTV footage has captured the harrowing moment a gunman patrolled the streets of Plymouth during an eight-minute killing spree that left five people dead.

A video of Jake Davison wielding a firearm near his home before shooting innocent bystanders, including a toddler, was shown to an inquest jury. Clips from CCTV, bodycam footage, and audio from 999 calls were presented to the jury, painting a dark picture of the events that unfolded.

In the clips shown, Davison can be seen leaving his Devon home while clutching the weapon he used to carry out his rampage. He was spotted walking towards police and paramedics who were treating his final victim, 66-year-old Kate Shepherd, before pointing the shotgun to his chin and ending his own life.

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On the bodycam footage, a police officer can be heard shouting at Davison before he fired the shotgun on himself. Afterwards, the officer can be heard speaking through his radio: "A male has just shot himself in the head on Henderson Place".

The inquest heard how Davison first killed his mother Maxine, 51, at their home in Biddick Driver following a row between the two. Afterwards, he shot and killed four others.

Davison was spotted on CCTV wielding a shotgun (Devon and Cornwall Police)

A 999 call from Maxine's sister Marlene Hill was also played to the jury after Davison's mum raised concerns. Marlene tells the operator: "Just had a call from my sister, her son has mental health issues.

"He's locked her in the bedroom, grabbed her by the throat, not letting her out." Shortly after the row, two loud bangs were heard by a neighbour.

Jake Davison (PA Wire)

Police later discovered Maxine dead with two shotgun wounds inflicted from close range. Footage from a neighbour's house caught Davison leaving the property with a shotgun in his hand before carrying out the sickening killing spree.

Investigator David Miller, a case officer major crimes team, who ran through the CCTV footage said: "A maximum of eight minutes elapsed between the first and last shooting."

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