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Plymouth shooting victim is 'very young girl' as community comes to terms with loner's shocking massacre

"A very young girl" is among five victims of a six-minute gun massacre in Plymouth that has sent shockwaves across the country.

Maniac Jake Davison went on a rampage in the English city, killing five people and injuring two others before turning the gun on himself.

The Mirror reports that police held a press conference today offering a timeline of horrific events that saw Davison use a "pump action shotgun" to murder innocent people.

Devon and Cornwall chief constable Shaun Sawyer described how the 22-year-old first killed a woman who was known to him at an address which has not been disclosed.

Afterwards he entered Biddick Drive where he "immediately" shot dead a "very young girl" and a male relative of her.

Mr Sawyer said: "This was a truly shocking event and was witnessed by members of the public.

"Further along Biddick Drive he aimed and shot at two local residents - a man and a woman - who received significant but we understand, at present, not life-threatening injuries."

He said they were being treated in hospital.

Jake Davison (Jake Davison/PA Wire)

"From there, Mr Davison entered adjacent parkland where he immediately shot a man who died at the scene," Mr Sawyer said.

"Thereafter he moved to Henderson Place where he shot a woman." The woman died in hospital later.

He added: "Eye witnesses told us Mr Davison then turned the gun upon himself, taking his own life."

It has since emerged that the apprentice crane operator, who claims to be from Arizona, in the US, uploaded a series of disturbing videos to YouTube.

In an 11-minute clip posted on July 28, he said: "I'm so beaten and defeated by f****** life. That drive that I once had had, that's gone now. It's literally gone - I don't have the power anymore."

Davison - whose videos had only collected a few hundred views each at the time of writing - also talked about being an 'incel' and referenced 'blackpill'.

Both are linked misogynist philosophies attributed to radical fringe groups, usually made up of young men, based around looks and the reasons why they can't attract women.

Lamenting his life, he added: "You wake up and you stare at the wall and you think 'nothing's changed'. I'm still in the same position, same period in life. Still a f****** this, that, virgin, f***** fat, ugly."

Armed officers raced to Biddick Drive in the Keyham area of the city at around 6:10pm on Thursday after reports of an active shooter on the loose.

Police at the scene of last nights mass shooting at Biddick Drive in Keyham, Plymouth. (Rowan Griffiths / Daily Mirror)

Devon & Cornwall Police has since said that the incident is closed - although a cordon remains in place - and that they do not believe it to be terror-related.

Labour MP for the city Luke Pollard said he was "utterly shocked and devastated" by the shooting in his constituency. "We don't expect this to happen here," he said.

"It is not Plymouth. The community is utterly devastated by what has happened and shocked to the core."

Prime Minister Boris Johnson 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."

The incident was first mass shooting in the country for 11 years, after Derrick Bird, 52, a taxi driver, shot dead 12 people and injured 11 others before committing suicide in Copeland, Cumbria in 2010.

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