Knockholt: Woman killed in Valentine’s Day pub shooting

A woman in her 40s has died in a Valentine’s Day shooting outside a village pub in Kent as a manhunt continues.

Kent Police said it was treating the shooting at the Three Horseshoes on Main Road, Knockholt, just after 19:00 GMT on Friday, as a murder inquiry.

The woman who had gunshot wounds died at the scene, officers said.

A vehicle recovered at the Dartford Crossing along with a firearm is being linked to the death, police have said.

Police said they were working to identify and locate everyone potentially involved.

Steve Maines, a parish councillor in Knockholt, told the BBC he heard a “commotion” outside the venue and was told someone had been shot.

He said: “We were sitting having our Valentine’s Day meal when all of a sudden we heard this huge commotion outside in the car park.

“We were told someone had been shot so we had to leave.”

Villager Dorothy Wong said: “I heard around three to four bangs outside and loud shouting from a woman’s voice.”