British woman and US army husband are arrested over UK double shooting

A British woman, her U.S. serviceman husband and her father have all been arrested over the ‘targeted’ double shooting of her ex-lover and his father in a row over custody of her son, MailOnline can exclusively reveal. Samantha Stephen (pictured), her husband Paul Stephen – a serviceman from Ohio who works for the U.S. Airforce based at RAF Mildenhall in Suffolk – and her father Stephen Alderton are being questioned by detectives after the killing of her former partner Joshua Dunmore and his father Gary Dunmore. Read the full story: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11923661/US-serviceman-British-wife-three-suspects-arrested-double-shooting.html?ito=msngallery

The three suspects, aged 33, 27 and 66 ( pictured), are accused of conspiring to murder the father and son. MailOnline can reveal that Mr Dunmore had been celebrating this week after successfully stopping his former partner and her husband from taking his son to America. He had turned up to a boxing gym close to his home ‘buzzing’ on Tuesday after being given the good news, friends said, and was looking forward to having his son for a week over Easter. The arrests were made in the early hours of this morning after a stinger operation on a white Peugeot 208 involving two police forces. Officers also recovered a shotgun. Read the full story: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11923661/US-serviceman-British-wife-three-suspects-arrested-double-shooting.html?ito=msngallery

In a heartfelt tribute at the police cordon, one of Mr Dunmore’s friends wrote: ‘To Josh. I cannot believe I am writing this. This week was meant tine a celebration for you and your precious boy. I pray that you can rest in peace knowing you fought every day for [the boy]. Everything you done was for him and he will forever know this.’ She added in memory: ‘I will remember to pick up my smile like you always told me when I had a resting [mean] face in the gym. SIBA will never be the same without you and your witty ways. ‘Keep on grooving up their rude boi. Love Harli.’ Read the full story: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11923661/US-serviceman-British-wife-three-suspects-arrested-double-shooting.html?ito=msngallery

The two people arrested at the hotel were ‘from the local area but we’re trying to identify where they have been staying in recent days’, he said, adding that forensic work was going on to establish if the same weapon was used at both locations, along with an investigation into whether the firearm that was found had been legally owned. Detective Inspector Mark Butler of the major crime unit added: ‘There is no wider risk to the general public.’ A trampoline stood in the back garden of Josh’s redbrick house yesterday and a white van was parked outside. Flowers were also left there. Neighbors were shocked by the two violent deaths in leafy streets where family homes sell for more than £500,000 ($619,080). Read the full story: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11923661/US-serviceman-British-wife-three-suspects-arrested-double-shooting.html?ito=msngallery

Designer Sarah Lown, 38, who lives near the house split into two flats where twice-married builder Gary Dunmore lived, heard three loud bangs just after 9pm on Wednesday. ‘I thought something had blown over,’ she said. ‘I didn’t think anything crazy had happened. Then I heard two more.’ Gordon Murray, 62, who lives opposite, said: ‘There was a lot of shouting. Then I saw armed police.’ Residents in Bluntisham were ordered to stay indoors by officers as a helicopter circled overhead. Retail worker Sharon Coulson, 58, said the village was ‘a nice place to live, nice country walks, friendly, everyone says hello.’ Detective Butler said: ‘There will be an increased police presence in the areas concerned today and officers and crime officers will be at the scenes.’ Post-mortem examinations will take place in the coming days. Read the full story: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11923661/US-serviceman-British-wife-three-suspects-arrested-double-shooting.html?ito=msngallery

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