First pics of mum, 51, shot dead in the throat as she sat in her Range Rover with her screaming 14-year-old daughter
Shortly after she was shot in the throat at point blank range on Friday night outside the house in Newport,Shrops a man in his forties was found on farmland three miles away.
THIS is the first picture of an estranged wife shot in the throat as she sat in her Range Rover on the front drive.
Tragic Cheryl Hooper, 51 was gunned down in front of her 14-year-old daughter who ran to neighbour's sobbing: "My mum's been shot."
Blonde Cheryl had recently split from farmer husband John, 45, despite the couple only marrying in 2016.
She had moved into a new home with her daughter a month ago and had complained to friends she had been stalked after the break up.
Shortly after she was shot in the throat at point blank range on Friday night outside the house in Newport, Shrops a man in his forties was found on farmland three miles away.
He had suffered severe gunshot wounds to the face but police said his shooting was not being treated as suspicious.
Last night he was recovering at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham while detectives waited to interview him.
A former school friend, who knew the Hoopers, said last night: "I knew there had been a shooting as I went to work at 6am on Sunday.
" My dad told me there had been a shooting and a 45-year-old had been arrested.
"Cheryl had only got married to John in 2016. He is a real down to earth bloke.
"It was his second marriage and they used to go to the pub together regularly.
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"But it lasted no time at all and they split up."
She added :"Cheryl was an attractive girl and really lovely. It's a complete shock what's happened."
Another close friends of the couple said: "It's an absolute tragedy. Cheryl was an angel and she did not deserve this."
West Mercia Police said investigations were continuing.
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