Media captionDet Supt Bex Smith:
"This was a shocking turn of events at what had been billed at a private
pool party"
One man has been killed and two
people injured in a shooting at a pool party in Surrey.
The 34-year-old man was found with a
gunshot wound at an address in Headley, near Epsom, shortly after 02:30 BST,
Surrey Police said.
A 36-year-old woman was shot in the
leg and taken to hospital while another man was treated for minor shoulder
wounds.
Surrey Police said the victims were
guests at a private party. Someone has been arrested on suspicion of murder.
Det Supt Bex Smith said a second
person had been held on suspicion of assisting an offender - but the force
would not reveal the sex of the two arrested people.
The weapon used is believed to be a
handgun, she said. It has not been recovered.
Police are particularly keen to hear
from anyone who saw a black and white Mini that left the scene following the
shooting, she added.
'Partying
hard'
Det Supt Smith said it was not
believed there was any risk now to Headley residents.
Appealing for information, she said:
"This was a shocking turn of events at what had been billed as a private
pool party and would have been witnessed by a number of people."
Media captionThe shooting happened
in what is normally a quiet, sleepy village
An advert for a "Big Mansion
Pool Party" at a "Posh Location in the Hills" was posted on
Instagram.
Mole Valley District Council
confirmed it issued a temporary event notice for a private garden party at The
Bungalow after it received no objections from Surrey Police or environmental
health.
The event was licensed from 14:00 on
Sunday to 04:00 on Monday and covered sale of alcohol, provision of regulated
entertainment and provision of late-night refreshment.
Image copyright Instagram Image
caption The advert for the party was posted on the Instagram account of reggae
dancehall artist Braintear Spookie, real name Jason White
Neighbours said the house on Church
Lane had been rented out for parties before.
Julie Ho-a-shoo, who runs the
Headley village shop, told BBC Surrey she noticed a knife on the edge of the
road and alerted police.
She said there was loud music until
about 02:30.
"They were partying really hard
and loud. There was complete devastation. It looks like everyone had used our
front drive as a toilet."
Media captionAn advert was posted on
the Instagram account of reggae dancehall artist Braintear Spookie, who was
listed as an organiser of the event
Parish councillor David Preedy said
the house had been rented out for a noisy party last year and alerted police
when he heard a "repeat was being organised".
"I walked up at 8pm and there
were people assembling. They weren't people from the community. I could hear
music was being played but I couldn't see much as the place has an enclosed
garden.
"I called the police and asked
them to patrol and make organisers know they should be considerate neighbours.
"I am sure people will be
shocked and very worried."
Man killed and two people injured in Surrey pool party shooting
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Senin, 25 Juli 2016