Valentine’s Day gunman who shot woman dead inside pub before drowning in River Thames named

The Valentine’s Day gunman who shot a woman dead inside a pub before drowning in the River Thames has been named.

Police have said a body found in connection to the Valentine’s Day shooting of Lisa Smith has been identified as that of her husband, Edward Smith.

He is suspected of shooting his wife outside the Three Horseshoes pub in Kent on February 14.

Kent Police has said an investigation into both deaths will be led by the coroner.

Edward Smith’s body was found at around 3:45pm on Friday. His family have been informed.

Lisa Smith, 43, from Slough, was killed in Knockholt near The Three Horseshoes pub just after 7pm on Friday, Kent Police said.

The force believe Edward Smith fell from the Queen Elizabeth II Bridge which crosses the Thames at Dartford 17 miles away.

A car containing a handgun was found abandoned on the bridge.

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Recalling the incident, the landlady of The Three Horseshoes, Michelle Thomas described customers “screaming, shouting and crying” as they realised what had happened.

Thomas told reporters about 30 people were at the pub for dinner, while 20 more were in the bar as the incident unfolded just after 7pm.

Local parish councillor Ray Picot told Kent Online: “It’s a shock. We’ve never had anything like this. It’s a very busy pub – a great pub. It never has any trouble and is very well managed.

“I understand those inside the pub were ushered back to their houses by police as they were all in terrible shock. It sounded awful.”

Steve Maines told the BBC he heard a “commotion” outside the venue and was told someone had been shot.

He said: “We were sitting having our Valentine’s Day meal when all of a sudden we heard this huge commotion outside in the car park. We were told someone had been shot so we had to leave.”

Dorothy Wong, who lives nearby, said: “I heard around three to four bangs outside and loud shouting from a woman’s voice.”