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| Newport shooting: Woman dies and man seriously injured | Newport shooting: Woman dies and man seriously injured |
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| A woman has died and a man remains seriously injured after a shooting at a housing estate in Newport, south Wales. | |
| Armed police were called to Seabreeze Avenue near the city's Willenhall Street at 08:45 BST after reports of gunshots. | |
| Both were taken to Royal Gwent Hospital where the woman, 46, has since died. A 49-year-old man is undergoing surgery. | |
| Gwent Police said the couple were known to one another. A firearm has been recovered from the scene. | |
| In a statement, Gwent Police said: "Police were called to Willenhall Street Newport at about 8.45 am this morning after a report of what sounded like gun shots had been fired. | In a statement, Gwent Police said: "Police were called to Willenhall Street Newport at about 8.45 am this morning after a report of what sounded like gun shots had been fired. |
| "Armed Police attended and found a male and female injured. | "Armed Police attended and found a male and female injured. |
| "Both were taken to the Royal Gwent Hospital with serious injuries. | "Both were taken to the Royal Gwent Hospital with serious injuries. |
| "The 46-year-old female has since died and the 49-year-old male remains in surgery at this time. | "The 46-year-old female has since died and the 49-year-old male remains in surgery at this time. |
| "It is not believed anyone else is involved in the incident and both of those involved were known to each other. | "It is not believed anyone else is involved in the incident and both of those involved were known to each other. |
| "Officers have recovered a firearm from the scene | "Officers have recovered a firearm from the scene |
| "Officers are supporting family members at this time. Willenhall Street remains cordoned off for police to carry out inquiries." | "Officers are supporting family members at this time. Willenhall Street remains cordoned off for police to carry out inquiries." |
| Police cordoned off Willenhall Street - a main route into a housing estate - and a forensic investigation has got under way. | |
| People at the scene told BBC Wales how they had heard two or three loud bangs, which they believed to be gunshots, early on Thursday morning. | |
| A statement from the Wales Ambulance Service said: "We sent a rapid response car, two emergency ambulances and a Basics doctor to the scene. | |
| "A man and a woman were taken to the Royal Gwent Hospital with serious injuries." | |
| Victoria Neill, 26, heard shots and went to look. | |
| She said: "I saw two people laying on the street either side of a car parked in the middle of the street - it was a red sports car. | |
| I thought they were two men, but I couldn't see properly, they were laying face down | |
| Both the doors and the boot of the car were open, which I thought was unusual. There was a Ford Focus parked next to it, which also had the boot open. | |
| Then the emergency services started arriving and I was asked to go back." | |
| Phil Passey, 30, homeowner on the street, said: "You don't expect to come off the main road and see a police cordon. | |
| "It's something you don't expect on a Thursday morning. | |
| "It's very very quiet around here, there's never any trouble. | |
| "I think it happened a minute's walk from my house. It's a scary thought." | |
| Kelly Holbrook has lived nearby for almost five years | |
| "I woke up this morning and someone had put something on Facebook saying they had seen someone get shot and then shot themselves. | |
| "It quite a quiet area - it's a massive shock." | |
| Another resident who didn't want to be named, said: "Too many people down here have guns and drugs. | |
| "There's not many nice people down here." | |
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