A murder investigation is underway after a woman was shot dead outside a pub in Knockholt, near Sevenoaks, on Valentine's evening.
Category
🗞
NewsTranscript
00:00Locals described the village of Knock Holt near Sevenoaks as a safe bubble,
00:04but after a woman was shot outside a pub on Valentine's Day, it shocked the close community.
00:09Couples were enjoying their Valentine's Day dinner here at the Three Horseshoes pub in the village of Knock Holt near Sevenoaks
00:16when they heard what they first thought might have been fireworks, but it was later revealed to be gunshots.
00:21Now there's a police cordon and a forensics team here at the scene,
00:24and there's also been reports of a car and firearm being found up by the Dartford Crossing
00:29as the investigations continue.
00:31Locals say they heard the gunshots around 7pm,
00:34with the police and South East Coast Ambulance Service arriving to the pub shortly after.
00:38The police have now told us that a woman in her 40s was pronounced dead at the scene from gunshot wounds,
00:43and one resident who lives near the scene of the crime and is a regular at the Three Horseshoes
00:47arrived home just after the gunshots were heard.
00:50I was out all day, and as I say, I arrived home last night about 7.10pm,
00:57and as I was walking from the car up the side of the house,
01:01I could hear some women screaming and shouting, and then there was some guys shouting.
01:08I didn't know what had gone on because whatever happened had happened just before I arrived home.
01:15According to locals, the area around the pub sees very little disorder from the regulars,
01:19and the incident was an abrupt shock.
01:21It took me completely by surprise and utterly shocked me
01:25because this sort of thing does not happen.
01:27It's a very quiet area of the community.
01:31I have represented the village of Knockholt,
01:35together with the neighbouring villages of Halstead and Badgers Mount,
01:39on Severn Oaks District Council for the past 18 years,
01:43and nothing remotely like this has happened in my entire time as a district councillor.
01:48Kent police say that officers also attended the Queen Elizabeth II Bridge near Dartford,
01:52where a car linked to the incident was recovered.
01:54A gun was also found within the vehicle and seized.
01:57Call handlers received reports of a man on the wrong side of the barrier,
02:00and we are not ruling out the possibility that he may have entered the water.
02:04We are currently only looking for one subject,
02:06and do not believe there to be an ongoing risk to the public.
02:09At the Three Horseshoes, police cordons were eventually taken down,
02:12and respects were paid by family and friends this weekend.
02:15Finn McDermid for KMTV in Knockholt.