Cancer victim shoots two dead in Stockport

Title

Cancer victim shoots two dead in Stockport

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

20 Oct 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:01:45

Description

Henry Mathews reports from Stockport, Greater Manchester on a terminally ill gunman shooting 2 dead before turning the gun on himself, the second fatal shooting incident in the area in a month. Includes Jim Paterson, Greater Manchester Police, describing events and Alf Morris, local MP calling for tougher gun laws. For Billboard programme.

Contributors

Alf Morris; Henry Matthews; Jim Paterson

Keywords

Suicide; Crime; Homicide; Manchester; Cancer; Firearms; Stockport; Stephen Murphy; Billboard (radio programme); Gun licencsing; Police Law; Peter Crack

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