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2 hours ago · Newcastle
Newcastle city centre gunman hunt sparked by 'incredibly stupid' man with lighter
What's happening
SignalsMonitor is following this as a general story. Chronicle Live is the outlet attached so far. The reports are tied to Newcastle. The first report grouped here was at 18 Oct 2026, 23:32 UTC. The headline in use is “Newcastle city centre gunman hunt sparked by 'incredibly stupid' man with lighter”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
Joe Brown, of Hexham, left a woman terrified when she saw him with looked like a black gun in his pocket near the Centre For Life in Newcastle
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Story timeline
Reports grouped into this story, earliest first. Exact repeats from the same outlet are collapsed.
- First reported by Chronicle Live
Newcastle city centre gunman hunt sparked by 'incredibly stupid' man with lighter
Reported by 1 outlet
- Chronicle Live