Police say one victim possibly shot by officer during Manchester attack

 Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy heckled by members of the public at vigil for victims of attack.

British police have said that an officer might have shot one of the victims who died in an attack on worshippers at a synagogue in Manchester on Thursday.

Greater Manchester Police Chief Constable Steve Watson said on Friday that, although the attacker, Jihad al-Shamie, was shot dead at the scene, one of the two victims who were killed had suffered a gunshot wound.

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• It follows therefore this injury may have been sustained as a tragic and unforeseen consequence of the urgently required action taken by my officers to bring this vicious attack to an end”, Watson said in a statement.

  During Thursday’s attack, two men, Adrian Daulby, 53, and Melvin Cravitz, 66, were killed after al-Shamie, 35, drove his car into pedestrians and began stabbing people outside Manchester’s Heaton Park Congregation Synagogue during the holiest day in Judaism, Yom Kippur.

  Three other people were injured in the attack.

  But Daulby was shot, as well as another member of the public whose injuries were not life-threatening, while trying to stop the attacker from entering the synagogue, Watson said.

• Family pays tribute

  In a tribute, Daulby’s family, through Greater Manchester Police, called him a “hero”.

  “[He] tragically lost his life in the act of courage to save others, he was a beloved brother, loving uncle to his four nieces and one nephew and a cherished cousin,” his family said.

  “His final act was one of profound courage, and he will forever be remembered for his heroic act,” they added.

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