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00:00How is Kent Police so confident that the suspect died in the water?
00:04We've got good reliable witness evidence from from witnesses that drove over the Dartford crossing
00:09And we've got CCTV evidence as well, which gives me total confidence that the suspect has fallen into the river
00:15Has there been any sightings confirmed sightings of the suspect in the water?
00:18So we have a search parameter a very large search parameter under the Dartford crossing
00:25Around midday on Saturday, we did a sighting of a body
00:28Unfortunately, we were unable to recover that before it became submerged again, but I'm confident from the description. That's the suspect of our offence
00:36Do we have any indication for what the motive for this incident was last Friday?
00:41The offender is well known to the to the female. They were in a intimate relationship
00:46And he the reasons for the shooting remain under investigation. We're a couple inside the pub together at the time
00:52The female Lisa was in the pub at the time and she came outside where she was confronted by the male before being fatally shot
01:01And how many witnesses have you spoken to in relation to this incident? Oh, we've had a really good
01:06response to the witness appeal
01:09Many many people were there at a time and I'd like to say thank you to those that attended to Lisa
01:14And tried to recover from fatal wounds
01:17And when officers arrived on the scene, what did they encounter a very chaotic incident as you can imagine the primary seat
01:24The priority there was to try and recover Lisa
01:28Unfortunately, she was declared deceased at the time
01:30And I understand that there was a firefighter at the scene and what involvement did that firefighter have?
01:37Yeah, so as a member of the London Fire Brigade was was off duty enjoying his Friday evening
01:42Unfortunately, it was a witness to to what happens
01:44I'm grateful to him and many other members of the public then that stepped in to give Lisa emergency first aid
01:51And are you concerned there might be trouble in the traveler community following this incident?
01:55Yeah, absolutely not. No, I'd like to actually thank both sides of the family for their support to the investigation
02:01There's an absolutely no ongoing risk to anyone
02:03and
02:05Can you confirm what relationship miss Smith and miss Stockings?
02:10They were in a relationship
02:13Okay, and what's assistance particularly for the families involved here have you been offering yeah both sides of the family
02:20But especially trained family liaising officers. We're in regular contact with them, especially in research of the recovery of the missing male
02:28And what the motorists on the QE to bridge report to police in terms of seeing a suspect
02:34So we see there were concerns of a vehicle that stopped at the highest point of the QE to bridge Friday evening
02:39A number of witnesses have seen a male like that vehicle and unfortunately fall into the river
02:44And you've also had CCTV footage and you've used drones as well
02:48Can you just expand on that a little bit more on that side of the operation? Yeah, so the drone the use of drones is
02:54police led search response
02:56It covers a huge area of the river and it allows us to be really proactive about trying to get the male back
03:03And recover him Lisa wasn't from Kent in the first place
03:07Do we know why she was in knockout that evening? Yeah, Lisa
03:11Came into Kent to go and see friends and family that are close by
03:15And that's why she was in Kent at the pub in knock on and when it comes down to the incident last Friday night
03:21How many gunshots were fired?
03:23Four gunshots were fired on the time and unfortunately two of them were fatal to Lisa
03:27Do we know what type of weapon was used? It was a handgun illegally held handgun
03:33Do we have what type of handgun do we know what type it was?
03:37Say that at the moment
03:38Do we know where the suspect was from the point of leaving the scene to being spotted on the bridge?
03:43There was a huge police response involving armed response vehicles the police helicopter all trying to locate the individual
03:50Before he was sighted on the QE2 bridge
03:53Do we know how the suspect?
03:55Obtained for weapon no inquiries are ongoing to establish where that firearms come from