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Car appeal in search for gunman | Car appeal in search for gunman |
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Raoul Thomas Moat should not be approached, police have said | Raoul Thomas Moat should not be approached, police have said |
Police searching for suspected gunman Raoul Moat have released details of a car they are looking for. | Police searching for suspected gunman Raoul Moat have released details of a car they are looking for. |
Northumbria Police said the black Lexus with licence plate V322 HKX belongs to one of Moat's friends. | Northumbria Police said the black Lexus with licence plate V322 HKX belongs to one of Moat's friends. |
Moat, 37, is believed to have shot his ex-girlfriend, killed her new partner and shot a police officer on Tyneside. | |
Police said the Lexus was very noisy, had damage under its bumper, two alloy wheels and two "space saver" thin wheels. | Police said the Lexus was very noisy, had damage under its bumper, two alloy wheels and two "space saver" thin wheels. |
Samantha Stobbart, 22, was shot in Birtley, Gateshead, on Saturday along with boyfriend Chris Brown, 29. | Samantha Stobbart, 22, was shot in Birtley, Gateshead, on Saturday along with boyfriend Chris Brown, 29. |
Pc David Rathband, 42, remains in a critical condition after undergoing surgery for face and chest wounds suffered when he was shot in his patrol car in Newcastle on Sunday. | Pc David Rathband, 42, remains in a critical condition after undergoing surgery for face and chest wounds suffered when he was shot in his patrol car in Newcastle on Sunday. |
Police appealed for anyone with information about the Lexus to contact them. | Police appealed for anyone with information about the Lexus to contact them. |
Supt Dennis Shotton said: "We have information that this car is connected to Moat, although it does not belong to him but to an associate. | Supt Dennis Shotton said: "We have information that this car is connected to Moat, although it does not belong to him but to an associate. |
"We are keen to trace it as it may help us to locate Moat." | "We are keen to trace it as it may help us to locate Moat." |
Miss Stobbart is believed to have a two-year-old daughter with Moat | |
Moat, a former nightclub doorman, is understood to have shot and killed Mr Brown outside a house in the Scafell area of Birtley, just a few yards from the front door. | |
Moments later, shots were fired at Miss Stobbart through the living room window of the property. | |
On Monday it emerged police had been warned Moat had threatened to seriously harm his former girlfriend the day before she was shot and Mr Brown killed. | |
Northumbria Police said Durham Prison had told them of Moat's comments a day after his release on Thursday. | |
Det Ch Supt Neil Adamson also revealed police received a hand-written letter, purportedly from Moat, in the last 24 hours which outlined a number of "grievances". | |
Police said they believed Moat was still in the north-east of England but they suspected he probably had access to a vehicle. |