Two die in Harvey Nichols shooting

[emad]

Sam Jones
Wednesday September 14, 2005
The Guardian


Two people were killed in London's Harvey Nichols last night after a man apparently walked into the department store and shot a woman, believed to be his girlfriend, before turning the gun on himself. Witnesses said the man, who is thought to have been a former security guard at the store, entered the ground floor cosmetics department and shot a woman behind the make-up counter.

A 26-year-old woman who was working in the store said: "It was about 7.45pm. I was looking at my watch, ready to go home, then bangs - four gunshots downstairs. A girl got shot. There were shoppers still walking around totally unaware." She added: "I think it was a girl on the beauty counter who was shot and I think it was her boyfriend that killed her. I think she was dead and he was still alive.

"It was really scary. There was no announcement. We just heard people screaming and ran. I thought that it wasn't just a bottle dropping on the floor, it's something more than that.

"There weren't many shoppers around so that was pretty lucky. There was no evacuation of staff. They should have responded quicker, we were all terrified. We thought maybe it was a bomb."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/gun/Story/0,2763,1569580,00.html

Homicide now a bit more upmarket than Selfridges than John Lewis......?

[tanyev]

1. Yikes!

I thought you had really strict gun control laws over there?

[emad]

2. Yep. Only the cops are allowed to shoot-to-kill. And only on the

subway system.