Bushey triple murder: Witness reveals what happened in minutes after three women killed
Witnesses to the aftermath of the Bushey triple murder has said emergency services descended on the scene.
A witness has revealed what happened in the minutes after three women were murdered in Bushey.
Emergency services arrived at Ashlyn Close in the Hertfordshire village yesterday evening (July 9) and found three women with serious injuries. They all died a short time later at the scene.
Police have since been searching throughout the night for 26-year-old Kyle Clifford from the Enfield area, who is wanted in connection with the incident.
A resident of Ashlyn Close said they heard screaming on Tuesday evening as the "absolutely traumatic" incident unfolded.
The 46-year-old, who wished to remain anonymous, told the PA news agency: "It was between 6.30pm and 7pm last night and it literally just sounded like kids, somebody, screaming, and then it was more shrill and I was like, 'that’s definitely a woman screaming', and within 15 minutes, it was absolute chaos.
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"We had armed police running down, screaming 'stay in your house'. They shut us off and basically put us into lockdown."
The resident said multiple ambulances, helicopters and "at least 16 police cars" arrived at the scene quickly, with armed police going from house to house to question locals, request doorbell camera footage, and tell them to stay indoors.
The woman said she was upset and stressed to know a man sought in connection with the triple murder is still at large, adding: "It’s really, really stressful now to think that that happened in such a close vicinity and none of us were aware and none of us could help.
"It’s just absolutely traumatic, I think, for the family involved, for everyone.
"I think that’s the stressful thing, that it happened at peak family time between 6pm and 7pm, when people were probably cooking for their kids and getting their kids ready for bed, and all of us in a tight little road, completely unaware of the trauma and tragic circumstances that other people were going through at that particular time.”
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Sarah Fernandez, 52, arrived back home just after 7.30pm to find Ashlyn Close swarming with armed police.
She said: "I was the last car allowed into the street before the police closed off access. There were about 15 armed police vehicles parked up. It’s really frightening. We’ve never had anything like this before here."
Riaz Hussein, a telecoms specialist in his late 50s, told The Telegraph: "It’s absolutely terrifying. Everyone around here is deeply shocked.
"This is a lovely friendly street where everyone gets on. Lots of professionals live here and we all get on very well. I’m stunned at what’s happened."
Mr Hussein added: "I don’t recognise the man wanted in action with this from the picture police have released. I’ve not noticed him around here before."
