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2012 mass shooting in England

Horden shooting
LocationHorden, County Durham, England, UK
Date1 January 2012
Attack typemass shooting, murder-suicide
Weaponshotgun
Deaths4 (including the perpetrator)
Injured1
PerpetratorMichael Atherton

The Horden shooting was a mass shooting in Horden, England, on 1 January 2012, also called the New Year's Day shooting. 42-year-old Michael Atherton shot his partner Susan McGoldrick, her sister Alison Turnbull and her daughter Tanya Turnbull with a shotgun, before killing himself. They were all killed in Atherton's home, where three others escaped from an upstairs window, one of whom had suffered minor injuries from the spray of the gun.

Background

Michael Atherton, a taxi driver, had a licence which allowed him to legally own firearms, six in total - three of which were shotguns. Despite having his guns confiscated in 2008 by police, they were later returned.

He was arrested for affray at a local club, and months later armed police were called to his home after he threatened to "blow his head off" to his family.

See also

References

  1. "Gun victims' family 'devastated'". BBC News. 4 January 2012. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
  2. "Police name gunman and three victims in Durham shooting". BBC News. 2 January 2012. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
  3. "Horden shootings: IPCC highlights Durham Police failings". BBC News. 19 November 2012. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
  4. "Horden shooting family in gun control law petition". BBC News. 5 March 2013. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
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