Plymouth 'incel' shooter's mum reported him to anti-terror scheme before he killed her

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gunman Jake Davison killed his own mum before continuing his violent rampage through the city and taking four more lives in the UK's worst mass shooting in a decade last August.Six people were killed in total, including the 22-year-old "incel" shooter who finally turned the gun on himself.Victims included a three-year-old girl and a 43-year-old male relative accompanying her, plus a 59-year-old man and a 66-year-old woman.It's now been revealed that the terrorist's mother Maxine, 51, had contacted multi-agency scheme Prevent, which aims to stop people becoming terrorists, in November 2016 with concerns about her son.This happened months before he applied for a shotgun licence, The Mirror reports.Details of the referral were not disclosed during a pre-inquest hearing at Plymouth Coroner's Court, but will be a key area of examination in the inquest which will begin in January next year.Davison killed his mother after a row and then shot dead four others in the 12-minute attack on August 12 2021.The killings happened just weeks after the shotgun and licence had been returned to him by Devon and Cornwall Police.

They had been seized the previous year after Davison assaulted two teenagers in a park.The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) is investigating how the force approved his application and then later gave him back the licence and shotgun.Davison applied for a shotgun certificate in July 2017 and after the application was processed by the force a certificate was issued to him in January 2018 that was valid for five years.To stay up to date with all the latest news, make sure you sign up to one of our newsletters here.As part of the investigation, two members of staff in the firearms licensing department.