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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Steven Morris and agency

Unarmed PC tells inquest how he ran at Plymouth shooter

Police at the scene on Biddick Drive after Davison shot five people on 13 August 2021
Police at the scene on Biddick Drive after Davison shot five people on 13 August 2021. Photograph: William Dax/Getty Images

An unarmed police officer has described how he ran towards the Plymouth gunman, Jake Davison, who had shot dead five people with a pump-action shotgun, determined to grab his attention and stop him hurting anyone else.

PC Zachary Printer told the inquest on Davison’s victims: “My role as a police officer is to protect the public as best I can. I had no choice. I had to confront him to protect the public. I had to become the focus of his attention.”

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