Shooting at Northamptonshire school

Title

Shooting at Northamptonshire school

Genre

News report

TX Date

6 Jan 1988

Year of production

1988

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Duration

00:01:56

Description

Early reports of a shooting incident at Ferres Comprehensive school in Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire. Later reports revealed that two teachers, Michael Cousins and Jean Lucas, and two pupils, Ronald Sharratt and Simon Druce, were injured when a former pupil, Darren Fowler, went berserk with a double-barrelled shotgun. The two reporters are Sim Harris and Richard Dallyn.

Contributors

Richard Dallyn; Sim Harris

Keywords

Teachers; Children (age group); Schools; Northamptonshire; Schoolchildren; Ferres Comprehensive; Higham Ferrers; Darren Fowler; Ronald Sharratt; Simon Druce; Jean Lucas; Michael Cousins

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