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14 January 1966, Bradford, England.
d. 18 November 2005,
Bradford, England |
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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.
Continue Reading: Courtesy BBC News

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