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Walton-on-the-Naze shooting: Woman dies in care home | Walton-on-the-Naze shooting: Woman dies in care home |
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An 81-year-old woman has been shot dead by a fellow octogenarian resident at a care home in Essex, police said. | An 81-year-old woman has been shot dead by a fellow octogenarian resident at a care home in Essex, police said. |
Police identified the victim as Rita King, who they said was related to the man arrested on suspicion of murder at the De La Mer House care home in Walton-on-the-Naze. | Police identified the victim as Rita King, who they said was related to the man arrested on suspicion of murder at the De La Mer House care home in Walton-on-the-Naze. |
Detectives said they had found a revolver at the home. | Detectives said they had found a revolver at the home. |
Essex Police said an 86-year-old man was still being questioned about the incident. | |
A post-mortem examination on Ms King was being carried out on Tuesday morning, the force said. | |
Earlier, the home's manager described how she confronted a man carrying a gun and convinced him to hand over the weapon. | |
Officers were called to the home in Naze Park Road at about 09:00 GMT after reports a woman was seriously injured. Ms King died at the scene. | Officers were called to the home in Naze Park Road at about 09:00 GMT after reports a woman was seriously injured. Ms King died at the scene. |
Staff at the care home said the arrested man had only been at the home for a week. | Staff at the care home said the arrested man had only been at the home for a week. |
When armed police arrived, staff said they had already taken a weapon off a man in his 80s and locked it away. | When armed police arrived, staff said they had already taken a weapon off a man in his 80s and locked it away. |
Julie Curtis, who has run the residential home for two years, said she had seen a man walking towards her with a gun. | Julie Curtis, who has run the residential home for two years, said she had seen a man walking towards her with a gun. |
She said: "I put my left arm around him and put his right arm between him and the gun and said 'please, please give me the gun', and he let go." | She said: "I put my left arm around him and put his right arm between him and the gun and said 'please, please give me the gun', and he let go." |
Mrs Curtis said at first she had not realised the gun was real or whether anybody had been injured. | Mrs Curtis said at first she had not realised the gun was real or whether anybody had been injured. |
The manager said her staff had been "brilliant" and had been "staying calm and speaking to the residents who live here". | The manager said her staff had been "brilliant" and had been "staying calm and speaking to the residents who live here". |
She said: "Under the circumstances, everyone is coping very well." | She said: "Under the circumstances, everyone is coping very well." |
Det Ch Insp Simon Werrett, of Essex Police, said: "At this stage we are not looking for anyone else in connection with the investigation and our inquiries are ongoing." | Det Ch Insp Simon Werrett, of Essex Police, said: "At this stage we are not looking for anyone else in connection with the investigation and our inquiries are ongoing." |
Douglas Carswell, the UKIP MP for the area, said he was "very shocked". | Douglas Carswell, the UKIP MP for the area, said he was "very shocked". |
He said: "If you have got a loved one in a care home, you expect them to be safe. Walton-on-the-Naze is supposed to be one of the most peaceful and tranquil places there is. Of all the places you expect this to happen, this is the last." | He said: "If you have got a loved one in a care home, you expect them to be safe. Walton-on-the-Naze is supposed to be one of the most peaceful and tranquil places there is. Of all the places you expect this to happen, this is the last." |