"Can you get a shot of this gun?"
— Last words
January 1, 1970
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Who: Harry Collinson, Chief Planning Officer for Derwentside District Council. — Note: On 20 June 1991, Collinson was supervising the demolition of a bungalow that had been built by Albert Dryden without planning permission. After a BBC camera crew arrived, Dryden produced an unlicensed pistol, and Collinson invited the crew to focus on it. Several seconds later, Dryden opened fire, killing Collinson and injuring BBC reporter Tony Belmont and PC Stephen Campbell; the Council's solicitor, Mike Ne
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Who: Harry Collinson, Chief Planning Officer for Derwentside District Council. — Note: On 20 June 1991, Collinson was supervising the demolition of a bungalow that had been built by Albert Dryden without planning permission. After a BBC camera crew arrived, Dryden produced an unlicensed pistol, and Collinson invited the crew to focus on it. Several seconds later, Dryden opened fire, killing Collinson and injuring BBC reporter Tony Belmont and PC Stephen Campbell; the Council's solicitor, Mike Ne