Three people have been arrested after a father and son were shot dead in what police say were “targeted” attacks in villages in Cambridgeshire.
Police found the body of a 32-year-old man after gunshots were heard in Meridian Close, Bluntisham, just after 21:00 BST on Wednesday. About 40 minutes later officers were called to reports of shots in nearby Sutton and found the body of a man, 57.
Three people are being held on suspicion of conspiracy to murder. Ch Supt John Hutchinson told the BBC that the victims were father and son. The incident appeared to be related to a “familial issue”, he said, and he confirmed a “custody battle” was “an active line of inquiry”.
“We do not believe there is any ongoing risk to the public in Cambridgeshire,” he added. A 27-year-old man and a 33-year-old woman were detained at a hotel just outside Cambridge in the early hours of Thursday, while a 66-year-old man was arrested in the Worcester area. A white Peugeot 208 has been recovered as well as a shotgun from a car.
Cambridgeshire Police asked for anyone who saw the Peugeot in the area on Wednesday night, or anyone acting suspiciously around it, to come forward, especially if they have CCTV footage. We believe that the vehicle was circulating in the Bluntisham and Sutton areas yesterday and we need to identify what time it came into the area,” Mr Hutchinson said.
The homes in Meridian Close and The Row, in Sutton – about six-and-a-half miles away from each other – have been cordoned off and there will be an increased police presence in the area. Mark Foreman said he heard “two loud bangs” and thought it was car doors closing outside his house.
“I went outside and there was nobody there which I thought was strange,” he said. Subsequently I heard helicopters in the sky and obviously it’s transpired that this has happened.
“It’s very surprising it happened in two very sleepy villages I know very, very well. I’ve lived in the area 20-odd years and nothing like that has ever happened so it was a very strange thing to wake up to
Source: BBC
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