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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Steven Morris

‘Revenge on my mind’: Somerset gunman was fascinated with mass killers

Reed Wischhusen in police uniform holding a gun.
Reed Wischhusen, pictured, had gathered components to make homemade bombs, an Avon and Somerset police uniform, bulletproof vests, handcuffs, knives and a set of locksmith’s master keys. Photograph: Avon and Somerset Police/PA

Outwardly Reed Wischhusen lived a quiet, ordinary life, caring for his father, Alan, at their scruffy semi in the Somerset village of Wick St Lawrence and working nightshifts in a budget supermarket’s warehouse near Bristol.

On his Facebook page, Wischhusen, 32, described himself as “down to earth and very shy”, a lover of 80s and 90s music and video games. He seemed isolated and lonely, but law-abiding and harmless.

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