From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] GUNMAN FOUND HANGED AFTER MURDER OF WIFE AND HER MOTHER 111717 JUL 00 By Harriet Tolputt, PA News Police tonight tried to piece together the last movements of a gunman who shot dead his estranged wife and mother-in-law before hanging himself in woods. Officers in Greater Manchester appealed to anyone who saw Christopher Pomeroy, 24, before he murdered his wife Joanne, 24, and her mother Diane Pritchard, 41, at their home in Prestwich. Father-of-three Mr Pomeroy, who was known to police, hijacked a car at gunpoint to flee the crime scene but detectives want to know how he got there. Detective Superintendent Bob Huntbach, who is leading the investigation, asked anyone who witnessed the shooting to come forward. "If you did see anything, however insignificant you think it might be, call police," he urged. The attack happened just after 4pm on Monday at Mrs Pritchard's home in Northurst Drive, where Mrs Pomeroy had being living since the break-up of her marriage. It is believed one of the women opened the door to Pomeroy, of no fixed address, and was shot. Neighbours called police after she staggered out in to the street with a wound to her neck. She was taken to Manchester Royal Infirmary where she later died. The other woman was then wounded by shots and later died in the same hospital. Brandishing the gun Pomeroy then hijacked a white Vauxhall Astra on nearby Windsor Road and drove to Abraham Moss where he was found hanging. Tonight the house was still sealed off by police as officers carried out extensive searches. A firearm has already been recovered. Mrs Pritchard, who also has a teenage son, is believed to have run a fast food business called United Snax with her daughter. A neighbour said: "What has happened is shocking. I can't believe it. They were a normal hardworking family." Anyone who can help police should call 0161 856 8213 or Crimestoppers. Kenneth Pantling Nock's Grim Truth - In proportion as you give the State power to do things for you, you give it power to do things to you; and the State invariably makes as little as it can of the one power and as much as it can of the other. Cybershooters website: http://www.cybershooters.org List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________________________________________ T O P I C A The Email You Want. http://www.topica.com/t/16 Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Your Favorite Topics
