2016 Spalding shooting
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An aerial view of Spalding in 2013.
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Map of Spalding town centre, with the site of the shooting circled in red.
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| Location | Spalding, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 52°47′25″N 0°8′57″W / 52.79028°N 0.14917°WCoordinates: 52°47′25″N 0°8′57″W / 52.79028°N 0.14917°W |
| Date | 19 July 2016 09:00 (UTC+1) |
| Target | Perpetrator's family members |
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Attack type
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Shooting, murder-suicide, domestic violence |
| Weapons | Shotgun |
| Deaths | 3 (including the perpetrator) |
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Non-fatal injuries
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0 |
| Victim | Charlotte Hart, Claire Hart |
| Perpetrator | Lance Hart |
On 19 July 2016, a shooting occurred at the Castle Sports Complex in the town centre of Spalding in Lincolnshire, United Kingdom. Three people, including the perpetrator, were killed in the shooting.
Police quickly ruled out potential links to terrorism, while stating that the incident appeared to be a lone wolf attack. The perpetrator was identified as 57-year-old Lance Hart, who targeted his wife, 50-year-old Claire Hart, and their daughter, 19-year-old Charlotte Hart, in the attack. Both targets were killed by the perpetrator, who subsequently committed suicide at the site of the attack.
The attack was the deadliest mass shooting in the United Kingdom since the Cumbria shootings in June 2010, in which thirteen people were killed.
At around 09:00 BST on 19 July 2016, a single gunman, 57-year-old Lance Hart, opened fire close to the entrance to the swimming pool at the Castle Sports Complex in Spalding town centre using a shotgun. Two victims suffered fatal gunshot wounds before Hart fatally shot himself at the scene of the attack.
Local residents said that they heard "three bangs" in the area at around the time of the attack.
The East Midlands Ambulance Service responded to the shooting and treated three people with gunshot wounds, but were unable to resuscitate them. The local air ambulance attended the incident. Due to initial fears of potential further attackers, paramedics were told to approach the scene with caution, while police stepped up patrols across Spalding.
Following the shooting, Lincolnshire Police raided a house in Hatt Close in the village of Moulton, five miles from the site of the attack in Spalding town centre. Police also confirmed that the incident was not terrorism-related and no shots were fired at, or by, police officers. They also confirmed that they were not looking for any further suspects in connection with the shooting, before asking for any potential witnesses to come forward. At least six police cars attended the incident, with some eyewitnesses stating that they saw "dozens" of police vehicles following the shooting. The attack was later confirmed to be unrelated to an ongoing gang conflict amongst Eastern European immigrants in Lincolnshire, which has been the cause of previous firearms incidents in the area.
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