Of the three dead in Lincolnshire, two are woman and one is a suspected gunman with schools and local businesses going into lockdown after news of the incident emerged
Three people have died in a shooting outside a swimming pool in Spalding.
A police spokesman said: "We can confirm that there has been a firearms incident on Pinchbeck Road in Spalding in the vicinity of the Castle Swimming Pool, in which three people have been fatally wounded, including the suspected offender.
"There is an ongoing police investigation and at this stage we are not looking for anyone else in connection with the incident."
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Neighbours say the Hart family had just sold their house and were planning on downsizing to a bungalow.
The resident, who gave his name as Peter, said: “Lance worked as a delivery driver for a builders’ merchants - we’ve had quite a bit of stuff from them - but he was always caring and would come around afterwards to see whether we could carry stuff.
“Last time I spoke to him, he had put the house on the market because they were hoping to downsize, buy somewhere in the village. He was a very nice guy, he went out of his way to be helpful so it comes as a great shock.
“He was full of the joys of spring. His kids had left home and they were going to downsize and find a bungalow in the village.”
Neighbours have described the man suspected of shooting his wife and daughter dead as a “friendly guy”.
Lance Hart, 57, believed to have worked at a builder’s merchants, is understood to have used a shotgun to kill partner Claire, 50, and 19-year-old daughter Charlotte near a swimming pool in Spalding, before turning the weapon on himself.
A former neighbour of Lance Hart’s parents, Raymond and Daphne Hart, said: “He was a friendly guy, I wouldn’t have a bad word to say about him, but I knew him decades ago.”
The man who wished to remain anonymous added: “We were about the same age, his children went to the same school as mine here in Wisbech St Marys.
“I remember their children (Lance and Claire’s) were very gifted and talented. They were very clever, I would say above average at things they did.”
Speaking of Lance, the man said: “He was very inoffensive, kept himself to himself like most people around here.”
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