A MASS shooting that killed five people including a "small child" is a tragedy, an MP has said.

Hove and Portslade MP Peter Kyle paid tribute to those "touched" by the shooting in Plymouth which saw three females and two men killed.

Jake Davison is the suspected gunman behind the attack in the Keyham area of the city on Thursday evening.

Police said he, along with the five men and women, are believed to have died from gunshot wounds and stressed the incident was not terror-related.

Forensic officers in protective clothing could be seen conducting fingertip searches at the scene on Friday morning, including examining road kerbs, while a coroner’s ambulance was filmed leaving the area.

A large yellow tent has also been set up in the road and several uniformed officers remain posted around the cordon.

The incident is the first mass shooting in Britain since June 2010, when taxi driver Derrick Bird killed 12 people and injured 11 others in Cumbria.

Writing on Twitter, Peter Kyle said: "The thoughts of all of us from Hove and Portslade are with those touched by tragedy in Plymouth overnight."

Davison appeared to post on a YouTube account under the name Professor Waffle just weeks before the massacre about how he was “beaten down” and “defeated by life”.

His channel was subscribed to gun-related accounts and another named Incel TV, which features content related to “involuntary celibacy”, although in one of his videos Davison said he “wouldn’t clarify myself as an incel”.

The online subculture involves men who express hostility and extreme resentment towards those who are sexually active, particularly women.

In another clip, he discusses missing out on a teenage romance and refers to “Chads”, an incel community term for good-looking men who attract women.

In a statement, the force said officers were called to a “serious firearms incident” in Biddick Drive at around 6.10pm.

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A spokesman said: “Following attendance at the scene, two females and two males were deceased at the scene.

“A further male, believed to be the offender, was also deceased at the scene. All are believed to have died from gunshot wounds.

“Another female treated at the scene for gunshot wounds died a short time later in hospital.”

The spokesman said the area had been cordoned off and added that police were not looking for anyone else in connection with the incident.

Members of the public with mobile phone footage were urged not to post it on social media platforms and “respect those families who have lost loved ones”, he said.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson thanked the emergency services for their response to the incident.

He tweeted: “My thoughts are with the friends and family of those who lost their lives and with all those affected by the tragic incident in Plymouth last night. I thank the emergency services for their response.”