Woman dead after 'Asda armed robbery' as cops hunt for 'more victims'

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6 days ago

A man aged 37 was arrested following a suspected armed robbery and he was later arrested again on suspicion of murder.
A woman has been found dead after a suspected armed robbery at an Asda supermarket, police have said.
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Cops rushed to the store in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, on Saturday evening. A man aged 37 was arrested in connection with the robbery before being arrested on suspicion of murder.
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West Yorkshire Police said they are trying to locate two more people, a man and a woman, who may have come to harm. Investigations are ongoing, reports the Mirror.
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A local resident said he saw police helicopter above the Asda supermarket area from around 1am this morning.
He told Yorkshire Live: "It was creating some racket - it kept me up a bit. It was going off for a good hour or maybe more. It was going round in a circle with its beam on."
Police said initial enquiries "suggest there are potentially two further people, a man and a woman, who may have come to harm."
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The force is carrying out enquiries in the Dewsbury area to locate them.
West Yorkshire Police said: "As part of these enquiries, there is ongoing policing activity in the town centre, near to the River Calder and in Westtown."
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Senior Investigating Officer, Detective Chief Inspector, Dan Bates of the Homicide and Major Enquiry Team, said: "This is clearly a very serious incident, where a young woman has lost her life.
"There is a heightened police presence in Dewsbury today as we work to establish the full circumstances surrounding this incident. Our immediate priority is to identify and locate the two people and establish whether or not they have come to any harm. "A murder investigation is also underway and we do not believe there is any wider risk to the public at this time. "We recognise this inquiry will cause concern in the community; we are working closely with our colleagues in the local neighbourhood policing team, who have stepped up patrols in the town centre. "I would like to appeal to anyone who may have information that would assist to come forward and speak to us. We are also looking for any CCTV, doorbell and dash cam footage people might have to help our investigation."