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| Police are investigating shootings in a Monmouthshire village that left one man dead and two teenage brothers wounded. | Police are investigating shootings in a Monmouthshire village that left one man dead and two teenage brothers wounded. |
| Gwent Police said they were called to an address at Govilon, Abergavenny, south Wales at around 1445 BST. | Gwent Police said they were called to an address at Govilon, Abergavenny, south Wales at around 1445 BST. |
| Two men aged 17 and 20 were found with shot gun wounds to the legs. A third man, said to be in his 50s, was found dead in nearby field. | Two men aged 17 and 20 were found with shot gun wounds to the legs. A third man, said to be in his 50s, was found dead in nearby field. |
| Local people said the neighbours had had a dispute. | Local people said the neighbours had had a dispute. |
| The body of Trevor Fallon - who has been named locally - was found by armed police. A shotgun was found near his body. | |
| John Preece recalled hearing 'tremendous bangs' | John Preece recalled hearing 'tremendous bangs' |
| Residents said that they first sign that anything was wrong was the sound of "tremendous bangs". | |
| They rushed out to find the two brothers had been shot. One of the first on the scene was villager John Preece. | |
| He said: "Me and the a couple of the neighbours ran around. He (one of the brothers) was laying on the floor. He was screaming saying 'he shot me, he shot me'. | |
| "We tried to calm him down and the ambulance was called. They took a long time as apparently they weren't allowed to come to the scene until armed police came. | |
| A forensic examination of the scene is continuing | |
| "I was attending to the boy lying on the lawn and there was screaming from the house. I realised then that another one had been shot. He was in the kitchen and he was in quite a bad way. The kitchen was covered in blood, it was pretty gruesome." | |
| Mr Preece said that it seemed that a third man, Mr Fallon, ran round to a nearby field. | |
| "The police came and they found his body in the front field," he added. | |
| Armed police officers sealed off the area as they searched for the gunman. | |
| They raided the house next door to the brothers' where Trevor Fallon had lived for five years.. | |
| The two brothers were taken to Nevill Hall Hospital in Abergavenny. Their injuries are not thought to be life threatening. | |
| I'm really concerned about this because it shows the dangers of guns in the house Councillor Verona Nelmes | |
| Detectives said they were not currently looking for anyone else. | Detectives said they were not currently looking for anyone else. |
| Monmouthshire Councillor Verona Nelmes described the shooting as an "absolute tragedy" | |
| "I'm really concerned about this because it shows the dangers of guns in the house," she said. | |
| "It also shows that if there is a history of neighbour disputes, then we need to look at what has happened in the past, and I will be asking the local authority if we have had any evidence of complaints coming in. I think the police need to look as well." | |
| It is thought Mr Fallon worked as a caretaker for Gwent Theatre. | It is thought Mr Fallon worked as a caretaker for Gwent Theatre. |
| The theatre's website outlined his hobbies as art and landscape design and he that he is an accomplished player of the spoons and washboard. | The theatre's website outlined his hobbies as art and landscape design and he that he is an accomplished player of the spoons and washboard. |