Sharon Beshenivsky


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b. 14 January 1966, Bradford, England.                                                                                                           
d. 18 November 2005, Bradford, England

The policewoman shot dead in Bradford was killed on her daughter's fourth birthday.
Sharon Beshenivsky, 38, a mother of three children and two stepchildren, had been a serving constable for only nine months. Her colleague injured in the shooting was Teresa Milburn, 37, who joined the West Yorkshire force in April 2004. Six people have been arrested in London in connection with the shootings outside a travel agents. Eyewitnesses said an Asian man and two black men armed with guns fired shots as they escaped with cash from the premises in Morley Street shortly after 1525 GMT. Pc Beshenivsky was an "enthusiastic, mature and very positive colleague" with an infectious laugh, said Chief Constable Colin Cramphorn. "I think her inspector said it all for me when he said he would have liked 30 Sharons on the shift," he said. Pc Beshenivsky had been a police community support officer for two years before joining the West Yorkshire force. She died after being shot in the chest, the chief constable said. He confirmed Pc Beshenivsky had been wearing body armour which provided limited ballistic protection, but the shot had penetrated her chest. Mr Cramphorn said her husband Paul and family were "completely devastated by the loss". The family lived in a converted barn in Keighley, West Yorkshire.
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