Plymouth gunman killed five including 'very young girl' before shooting himself, police say

In a press conference in Plymouth on Friday, Chief Constable Shaun Sawyer of Devon and Cornwall Police said the force received “multiple” calls about the incident at 6.11pm

Forensic officers in Biddick Drive on Friday. Picture: Ben Birchall/PA

A gunman killed five people including a three-year-old girl before turning the weapon on himself in a mass shooting that lasted less than 10 minutes, police have confirmed.

Jake Davison, 22, shot and killed a 51-year-old woman at a house in Biddick Drive in the Keyham area of Plymouth, Devon, on Thursday evening before going outside and “immediately” shooting dead the girl and her male relative, aged 43.