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		</div><p>The Prime Minister’s father has said his family is “shocked, stunned and saddened” by the death of his neighbour, who was shot at her country cottage.</p>
<p>The woman, named locally as 56-year-old Debbie Zurick, was gunned down at the weekend at her home in Winsford, near Minehead in Somerset, which is next to Stanley Johnson’s rural estate.</p>
<p>Mrs Zurick’s husband, John, is believed to be in hospital with self-inflicted injuries.</p>
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<p>Avon and Somerset Police were called to Winsford by a member of the public raising concerns over the welfare of a woman at 2.30pm on Saturday.</p>
<p>Mrs Zurick was found outside the property with severe injuries and pronounced dead at the scene.</p>
<p>Police said a second woman, being treated as a key witness, was located unhurt nearby.</p>
<p>A further search found a 67-year-old man, who had also suffered serious injuries caused by a shotgun, in an outbuilding, officers said.</p>
<p>Police said the man, whose condition is described as critical but stable, is in custody but has been taken to a hospital in Devon for emergency treatment.</p>
<p>The force has referred itself to the police watchdog due to previous contact with those involved.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Officers remain at the scene of an incident in Winsford in which a woman in her 50s sadly died. A post-mortem examination confirmed she died from shotgun injuries. Her death is being treated as murder. </p>
<p>Full update here: <a href="https://t.co/fZng61wCuK">https://t.co/fZng61wCuK</a> <a href="https://t.co/7lEcNmA8XG">pic.twitter.com/7lEcNmA8XG</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Avon and Somerset Police (@ASPolice) <a href="https://twitter.com/ASPolice/status/1231997534106738688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 24, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Detective Superintendent Julie Mackay, of the Major Crime Investigation Team, said: “This is a very serious incident in which a woman has lost her life and we are deploying family liaison officers to support the next of kin.</p>
<p>“The scene remains cordoned off so further forensic inquiries and searches can take place over the next few days.”</p>
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<p>Boris Johnson’s father, Stanley, told the PA news agency: “Both I and my whole family are shocked, stunned and saddened by this tragic incident.</p>
<p>“We very much regret the passing of Mrs Zurick. She was a neighbour and she was much loved.</p>
<p>“She was honorary secretary of the Working Clumber Spaniel Society and was much loved for the work she did, in the society and in Exmoor and beyond.”</p>
<p>The Zuricks had several dogs, including one apparently named after the Prime Minister.</p>
<p>An image posted on Mr Zurick’s Facebook page in March 2016, captioned “Boris meets Boris”, appears to show Mr Johnson with the dog.</p>
<p>A spokesman for the Working Clumber Spaniel Society said: “I’m sorry, I can’t comment on anything”, and hung up the phone.</p>
<p>A post from Jane De Savary on Mrs Zurick’s Facebook page said: “Darling Debbie you will be so missed so loved by all who knew you RIP”.</p>
<p>Jackie Blakeman also posted on Facebook: “RIP Debbie, we’ll remember you with love always.”</p>
<p>Mr Zurick previously told the Working Clumber Spaniel Society that he had trained a dog for the Princess Royal.</p>
<p>Asked in a now-deleted question-and-answer section on the website about the most embarrassing thing his dog had ever done, Mr Zurick replied: “Sparkle, who I trained for (Princess Anne), burying a pheasant rather than giving it to hand.</p>
<p>“Princess Anne left a message on the answer phone machine saying ‘If I wanted an undertaker then I would have asked for one.’</p>
<p>“She didn’t leave a name but Debbie knew the voice so I called her back in the morning and she was chuckling, telling me what had happened.</p>
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<p>“She had sent Sparkle out, she had picked the bird beautifully, brought it halfway back, dug a hole and buried it.”</p>
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