Leicester Man Runs Amok: Fortunate Escape for Man and Girl: A tragedy occurred at Leicester, late on Wednesday night, by which a young man lost his life, and another was badly injured. It appears that a youth of nineteen, named Horace Pinsent, son of the landlord of the King’s Head public-house Burley’s lane, was walking with a girl named Smith, of about his own age, on the London-road, when they had some difference, the girl, it is said, expressing her intention not to walk out with him again. Pinsent produced a revolver, which he pointed at the girl, and fired, the bullet grazing her cheek. The sound of the shot attracted attention, and Mr. Herbt. Hytch (22), living with his parents at Wood Hill, who was riding a bicycle, dismounted. Pinsent immediately shot at him, the bullet injuring the neck and inflicting a serious wound. Other shots were fired, and Pinsent ran off in the direction of the town, followed by several persons. Near Toller-road, he turned the weapon upon himself, putting the barrel in his mouth, and causing instant death. Mr. Hytch was immediately attended by a doctor and moved to the Infirmary. His injuries seemed serious, but later it was discovered that, happily, they were not as bad as at first feared. The police were summoned, and Pinsent’s dead body was removed.
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GRO0431 Tiverton: Horace Pinsent: 1893 – 1913