This is the shocking moment a man, who mercilessly gunned down five innocent people in Plymouth, attacked a 16-year-old boy less than a year before - and was handed his gun back by police.
The footage was released as an inquest jury concluded the five victims of gunman Jake Davison, who were gunned down in a series of shootings in Keyham, Plymouth, on August 12 2021, were unlawfully killed in August 2021.
Evil gunman Davison is seen reacting with rage after a teenager called him names and ran off.
But fevered Davison, 22, pursued the teen and brutally beat the boy at least five times leaving him unconscious in hospital.
When a 15-year-old girl went to her friend's aid - as he lay on the floor not resisting the volley of blows - she was slapped by Davison.
The attack happened at Central Park skatepark just a few minutes from his home in Biddick Drive, Keyham, where his vile shooting spree would later unfold.
The inquest previously heard Davison was so angry following the incident he wanted to kill the teenagers and went home to get his shotgun after one of them called him a "fat c***" .
Davison was tracked down after a CCTV appeal by Devon and Cornwall police but he was not charged with assault in September 2020.
Instead, a detective sergeant referred him to a restorative justice programme as an alternative to prosecution.
Incredibly this meant even though his shotgun was taken off him after the incident it was later returned.
The victims of Davison's massacre said warning signs had been "ignored" and a "licence to kill" had been granted in a withering attack on the police failings.
Davison's legally held pump-action shotgun and certificate were seized by Devon and Cornwall Police following the attack but returned to him in July 2021.
Just a month later, in August, Davison shot dead five people starting with his own mother Maxine Davison, 51, then strangers Sophie Martyn, three, her dad Lee Martyn, 43, Stephen Washington, 59, and Katherine Shepherd, 66.
In the inquest jury conclusions, they found: “The decision to return the shotgun and licence to the perpetrator in July 2021 was fundamentally flawed and as a result failed to protect the public and the peace.”
A 33-year-old man, and a 53-year-old woman, were also shot and wounded before Davison turned the gun on himself.
A family friend of the teenage skate park victims, who does not want to be named, told the Mirror: “They feel lucky to be alive after what happened later.
“It’s frightening to think that the police had a chance to prevent the killings of innocent people and refused to act against someone who was obviously mentally ill.
“With all that information how on earth could they have come to the conclusion that he was a responsible person capable of owning a gun.
“If they knew just how violent he was there is no way they should have given him a gun licence and then all those people wouldn’t have lost their lives.
“To think the police then allowed this psycho to have a gun is beyond a joke.”
During the inquests into the deaths at Exeter racecourse this year Bridget Dolan KC, counsel to the inquest, said: "The CCTV shows more than five punches to the young man, maybe between seven and nine.
"The boy was hit so hard there was a two-inch cut above his eyebrow, and bleeding to his nose, eyebrow and lip."
The boy required superficial stitches to his eyebrow and the girl was left with no visible injuries.
Davison later handed himself into the police after a public appeal was made and CCTV images of a suspect were issued.
It was also revealed the parents of the boy wanted Davison charged but he was instead enrolled on the Pathfinder "voluntary intervention programme" - which the Devon and Cornwall Police website insists is not a "soft option" and can reduce reoffending.
After being alerted by staff from the project, Davison's certificate and weapon were seized by firearms inquiry officer David Rees but later returned.
Mr Rees told the inquest: "Having seen the CCTV last week I was quite shocked by the ferocity of the assault.
“I wish I had queried the decision-making process of the gatekeeper [the detective sergeant].
"I should have questioned it."
In a statement released after an inquest jury concluded, the families of Davison’s victims said his actions that day were “an act of pure evil”, which were “facilitated and enabled by a series of failings and incompetence from the people and organisations that are supposed to keep us safe”.
They said: “It is beyond us how Davison, a man with a known history of violence, mental health issues, and with no real need to own a firearm, was granted a licence to possess a gun in the first place.
“Warning signs were ignored and a licence to kill was granted.”
