Horden shooting: Killer got gun from car
A man who killed himself after shooting three women used a gun he got from his car, police have revealed.
Ch Supt Paul Goundry, of Durham Police, said that Michael Atherton carried out the killings following a minor family argument.
Mr Goundry also revealed that Mr Atherton's partner Susan McGoldrick, 47, was shot dead as she stood next to her 19-year-old daughter Laura, who escaped the house.
An inquest into the deaths has been opened and adjourned.
05 Jan 2012
- From the section Tees