THE landlord of the pub where a woman was killed on Valentine’s Day has revealed the events which unfolded before the tragedy.
Michelle Thomas runs The Three Horseshoes pub in Knockholt, Kent, and was printing off menus for the dinner service when she heard two loud bangs.
SWNSPolice & forensics teams at the scene of a shooting outside the Three Horseshoes pub in Knockholt, near Sevenoaks[/caption]
Michelle told Sky: “There was so much commotion – screaming, shouting, crying. People were outside, on their phones. We tried to get people inside the pub to consolidate them.
“People were only just starting to sit down, it was early on in the evening.”
As 30 people were seated for dinner, another 20 were situated in the bar as the incident took place.
The landlady described the community as experiencing “absolute shock” as the pub reopened for the first time today following the tragedy.
She described the victim, whose identity has not been officially released, as someone who had been to the pub before but “wasn’t a regular”.
Cops have confirmed they believe the woman was known to her attacker.
Flowers and tributes have been seen being laid near the car park as a manhunt and investigation is underway.
Police were seen recovering a vehicle that is thought to be linked on a bridge that crosses the River Thames in Dartford, roughly 17 miles away from the scene.
Cops have confirmed they received reports of a man on the wrong side of the barrier of the bridge.
Detective Chief Inspector David Higham said they are “not ruling out the possibility that he may have entered the water.”
He added: “We are currently only looking for one suspect and do not believe there to be an ongoing risk to the public.
“Specialist officers continue to work with the families of both parties involved to support them following this tragic incident.”
Terrified locals claimed they heard “three loud bangs” after the woman was shot dead outside the pub yesterday.
Police are stilling hunting the “man known to the victim” after being called to the village of Knockholt last night.
Officers and South East Coast Ambulance Service paramedics tragically pronounced a woman in her 40s dead at the scene just after 7pm.
Residents have described the fear that has rushed through the community since that night.
One resident has told how she heard three loud bangs as the horror unfolded.
Another revealed petrified couples were “locked in” the pub for their own safety.
The villager, who lives close to the pub, said: “I heard three loud bangs and a bit of commotion.”
Zack Warne, 19, added: “It is shocking, this is Knockholt, not south London.
“The helicopter was up all night.”
Joyce Betts, 82, who lives nearby, continued: “My granddaughter called me and said ‘make sure your windows and doors are locked’.
“I could see lights outside but I couldn’t tell what was going on it was coming through that someone had been shot, I thought oh my God that’s all we need in our sleepy little village.”
SWNSA manhunt is underway following the shooting with the attacker believed to have been known to the victim[/caption] Published: [#item_custom_pubDate]
