Text of the news conference about the triple fatal shooting at Castle Sports Complex on Tuesday (July 19). Given at Spalding Police Station at 4pm on Tuesday:
Temporary Superintendent Paul Timmins, Local Policing East
At 9am this morning we received a call reporting a shooting outside Spalding swimming pool on Pinchbeck Road. Emergency staff, including police and East Midlands Ambulance Service responded immediately. At the scene officers found a deceased man along with two women who had received serious injuries.
CPR was attempted on both women and I am sad to report that both women have died. We believe a shotgun was involved in the incident and are currently investigating the circumstances of this tragic incident. We confirm that we are not seeking anyone else in connection with this tragedy.
I can also confirm that no shots were fired by police and that this is not being treated as a terrorist incident.
We believe all those involved were known to each other. However, we are not in a position to release their names, nor confirm their specific relationship to each other.
Clearly, a situation such as this for a small community like Spalding is hard to comprehend. We are working alongside colleagues from the East Midlands Major Crime Team in order to provide answers around what has happened today. We really need your help so I would encourage anyone with information to contact us on 101, quoting incident number 92 of today.
Along with South Holland District Council and the British Red Cross we will be providing support to anyone adversely affected by this tragedy. We will not be making any further comment today.
Thank you for your time today.
