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A Shrine for Raoul Moat, Latest Killer With Fan Base

LONDON (July 13) -- A shrine to British killer Raoul Moat has sprung up at the riverside spot where the gunman took his own life. The riverbank in the north English town of Rothbury -- where Moat blasted himself in the head with a shotgun early Saturday, after facing off with police for six hours -- is now dotted with...

Cornered Finally by Police, UK Gunman Kills Himself

(July 10) -- Britain's biggest manhunt in decades is over, after fugitive gunman Raoul Moat killed himself this morning at the end of a six-hour standoff with police on a riverbank in scenic northeast England. Grainy night-vision video aired on the BBC shows paramedics ferrying a gurney with what's believed to be the body...

British Police Say They're Closing In on Raoul Moat

LONDON (July 9) -- It's been six days since Raoul Moat embarked on a shooting spree in the north of England, allegedly shooting his ex-girlfriend, killing her boyfriend and seriously wounding a police officer. But after a series of breakthroughs, authorities now think they may be close to tracking down the cop-hating...

Raoul Moat Manhunt Continues: Day 6 Update

It has been five days since Raoul Moat allegedly shot his ex-girlfriend and shot and killed her new boyfriend, and four days since he allegedly shot a police constable in northeastern England, and still the police have not hunted him down. Authorities found a campsite they believe to be Moat's in the rural Rothbury area on...

UK Manhunt for Cop-Hating Gunman Continues

LONDON (July 7) -- A gunman who went on a shooting spree in the north of England four days ago is still at large, despite a massive police operation that has seen checkpoints set up across the rural county of Northumberland. Hundreds of officers are scouring the woodland, countryside and roads around the normally quiet...

Background on raoul moat

The 2010 Northumbria Police manhunt was a major police operation in North East England in which armed police officers under the command of the Northumbria Police force were deployed to apprehend Raoul Moat, a 37-year-old man from Newcastle upon Tyne who was on the run after shooting three people in two days.

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