Dan MacLaren/BBCA woman in her 40s has died in a Valentine’s Day shooting outside a village pub in Kent as a manhunt continues.
Kent Police said it was treating the shooting at the Three Horseshoes on Main Road, Knockholt, just after 19:00 GMT on Friday, as a murder inquiry.
The woman who had gunshot wounds died at the scene, officers said.
A vehicle recovered at the Dartford Crossing along with a firearm is being linked to the death, police have said.
Officers said the man and woman were thought to know each other.
Kent Police said it was working to identify and locate everyone potentially involved.
Steve Maines, a parish councillor in Knockholt, 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.”
Juliette Parkin/BBCVillager Dorothy Wong said: “I heard around three to four bangs outside and loud shouting from a woman’s voice.”
Ray Picot has lived in the village for 30 years.
He said: “We looked out and saw the whole area cordoned off with ambulances, police and flashing lights.
“It’s hard to believe that something like this has happened in our village.”
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