06/11/00
- Gangland link to gun deaths
Evening Echo
Detectives were today probing a link between the cold-blooded
killings of two south Essex men. Officers from two forces
were due to hold top-level talks about the execution-style
shootings of Ronald Fuller and Kenneth Beagle.
Mr Fuller, a former bouncer, was shot dead on the doorstep
of his Grays home by what police believe was a gangland
assassin. And last Wednesday, Billericay man Kenny Beagle,
55, was gunned down at point blank range in the grounds
of Oldchurch Hospital, Romford.
The killing of Mr Fuller is being investigated by Essex
Police, while a major incident team from the Met is hunting
Mr Beagle's killers. Mr Beagle - also known as Kenneth
Kenny - was shot three times in the head at point blank
range as he waited beside a ticket machine at the hospital.
He died less than an hour later.
Two men wearing hoods and scarves were seen running from
the car park. Mr Beagle is believed to be well known to
police with a string of criminal convictions. Mr Fuller,
31, was killed on his doorstep on August 31. He was a
former bouncer at the Epping Forest Country Club.
A police source said: "There are too many similarities
between the two shootings for us not to look at them together.
"We have yet to catch anyone for the Fuller murder
and there may be some kind of link. Until we look at both
carefully we won't know. "These shootings happened
a few miles apart and both bore the hallmarks of professional
hits."
Police have issued descriptions of two men seen running
from the scene of Mr Beagle's killing. One was of medium
build and was clutching his left breast, the other was
a taller man, Scotland Yard said. |
