Rare mass shooting in England kills at least five people

At least five people were killed in Plymouth, England, on Friday in the United Kingdom's worst mass shooting in over a decade, CNN reports.

Why it matters: Mass shootings are a rare occurrence in the U.K., where tight gun laws ban most private gun ownership, per CNN.

• Thursday's incident is the deadliest shooting since 2010, when a shooting spree in Cumbria, northern England, killed 12 people.

Driving the news: A 22-year-old suspect was found dead at the scene in Plymouth, per CNN.

• The gunman allegedly stopped at multiple locations, where he shot two women and two men, all of whom were found dead at the scene. Another woman died a short time after in the hospital.
• At around 6:10pm local time, officers and ambulance staff were called to respond to a "serious firearms incident."
• "This was a truly shocking event, and was witnessed by members of the public," Devon and Cornwall Police Chief Constable Shaun Sawyer said.
• "Just so unspeakably awful. My condolences and thoughts are with the families," Luke Pollard, the member of parliament for Plymouth Sutton and Devonport, wrote in a tweet.