Wallasey pub shooting | |
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Location | Wallasey Village, Wallasey, Merseyside, England |
Coordinates | 53°25′38″N 3°04′01″W / 53.4271°N 3.0669°W |
Date | 24 December 2022 23:50 (GMT) |
Attack type | Mass shooting |
Weapon | Skorpion submachine gun |
Deaths | 1 |
Injured | 5 |
Convicted | Connor Chapman Thomas Waring |
Verdict | Life imprisonment (minimum term 48 years) 9 years' imprisonment |
On the evening of 24 December 2022, one person was killed and five others injured in a mass shooting at the Lighthouse pub in Wallasey, Merseyside, England.[1] The perpetrator, 22-year-old Connor Chapman, was sentenced to life imprisonment for murder; it is not believed that the victim was targeted.