Overview
- The blast, reported around 6:32am Sunday after a 6:17am domestic-incident call and a warning at 6:30am about a possible device, killed Joanne Shaw, 35, and a man named locally as her ex-partner Ryan Kelly.
- Avon and Somerset Police recorded Shaw’s death as a homicide and said the explosion was deliberate, adding they are not looking for anyone else.
- Three other people, including a child, suffered minor injuries and have been discharged from hospital.
- Neighbours said the attacker arrived with what they described as a grenade, and Shaw reportedly told a child to go outside moments before, an act her family praised as an ultimate sacrifice.
- Police made a mandatory referral to the Independent Office for Police Conduct due to prior contact over domestic incidents, and forensic work continues at the Sterncourt Road home.