THE PLYMOUTH SHOOTINGS
- Broadcaster: BBC Three
- Production Company: Firecracker
- Director: Lindsay Konieczny
- Executive Producer: Sam Emmery
- Commissioning Editor: Fran Baker
- Producer: Holly Doyle
A fast turnaround single documentary which seeks to explore perpetrator Jake Davison’s connection to the Incel movement, a deeply misogynistic ideology that is growing at an alarming rate and has been linked to violent extremism.
On 12 August 2021, a 22-year-old Jake Davison shot and killed five people in a quiet cul-de-sac in Plymouth before turning the gun on himself. It was the worst mass shooting on British soil in over a decade and the first of the digital age.
But how did a seemingly normal kid from a small town on the south coast of England turn into one of Britain’s most lethal killers?
In the months leading up to the shootings, Davison uploaded a series of videos and posts on internet forums that chart his deteriorating state of mind and alienation from those around him.
This digital legacy, alongside interviews with people who knew him, those close to the victims and others connected to the case, gives some insight into why this tragic event happened.