The gunman responsible for killing five people in a mass shooting in Plymouth last night had a firearms licence and used a weapon described as a ‘pump-action shotgun’, police have confirmed.

Speaking at a press conference this morning, Chief Constable Shaun Sawyer said Jake Davison, 22, ‘murdered a woman at an address’ in Biddick Drive before shooting dead a ‘very young’ girl and her male relative.

He said Davison then aimed shots at two other residents, who are being treated for significant but not life-threatening injuries, before entering nearby parkland where he shot a man who died at the scene.

Davison then killed another woman in Henderson Place before turning the gun on himself, Mr Sawyer added.

The incident is the first mass shooting in Britain since June 2010, when taxi driver Derrick Bird killed 12 people and injured 11 others in Cumbria.

In a statement, the force said officers were called to a ‘serious firearms incident’ in Biddick Drive at around 6.10pm.

A spokesman said: ‘Following attendance at the scene, two females and two males were deceased at the scene.

‘A further male, believed to be the offender, was also deceased at the scene. All are believed to have died from gunshot wounds.

‘Another female treated at the scene for gunshot wounds died a short time later in hospital.’

The spokesman said the area had been cordoned off and added that police were not looking for anyone else in connection with the incident.

Members of the public with mobile phone footage were urged not to post it on social media platforms and ‘respect those families who have lost loved ones’, he said.

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On Friday morning, officers in white forensic suits were working at the scene, while a coroner’s ambulance was filmed leaving the area.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson thanked the emergency services for their response to the incident.

He tweeted: ‘My thoughts are with the friends and family of those who lost their lives and with all those affected by the tragic incident in Plymouth last night. I thank the emergency services for their response.’

‘Keyham is a really tight-knit community – it is the type of place you know your neighbour and look out for one another.

‘The news that potentially one of the victims is a small child is equally devastating.’

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