Plymouth shooter Jake Davison ‘searched for incel serial killers online’ days before massacre

Motivation for mass shooting, which was not declared a terror attack, to be examined at new inquest

Plymouth shooter Jake Davison conducted online searches for incel serial killers and counter-terror police in the UK days before his massacre, a watchdog has revealed.

On 12 August 2021, Davison murdered his mother before roaming the streets with a pump-action shotgun and killing a three-year-old girl, her father and two other passers-by.

An investigation by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) said the 22-year-old had “posted prolifically” about incel culture on social media website Reddit.