'Gentleman Jim': The heroic cop who survived a Greater Manchester bloodbath that shocked Britain
Tributes were paid today to a "courageous" cop who survived a double shooting which claimed the life of his colleague, and shocked Britain. The funeral of Sergeant James Bowden who has died aged 78, was taking place today.
Sergeant Bowden saw a bone-handled knife in a sheath on the man's belt and went to take the knife from him. The man pulled his hand from inside his jacket and fired against the sergeant's chest but the bullet deflected off his notebook. Within hours news broke of a man shooting himself dead in Barnsley. The man was Anthony Kenneth Hughes, 42, from Bideford Drive, Baguley, Wythenshawe, who police were hunting in connection with the killing. Hughes was already wanted for robberies in which guns had been fired in the previous three weeks.
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