A 45-year-old man allegedly fled a murder scene after a mother in her 50s was killed in a car with a shotgun.

Police received several reports that a shot had been fired on Farmers Gate, Newport, Shropshire, at just before 11.15pm on Friday January 26.

Neighbours told how the teenage daughter of the victim was heard screaming 'my mum's been shot, she's dead' before officers arrived to find the woman in a black Range Rover Evoque with a gunshot wound to her neck.

A friend of the mother's has told how she was being stalked by a man shortly before her death.

The 45-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after he allegedly fled the scene before driving four miles away to a rural farm.

A 45-year-old man allegedly fled a murder scene after a mother in her 50s was killed in a car with a shotgun

Police block the access road to Guild of Monks Farm in Staffordshire where a man was found injured after he is believed to have shot and killed a woman in her 50s

Police investigators were still at the farm, where the suspect was found, the day after the shooting

He was discovered on Guild of Monks Farm land, outside the village of Sutton in Staffordshire, with a shotgun.

Police investigators were still at the farm, where the suspect was found, the day after the shooting.

The man, from Newport, Shropshire, was held on suspicion of murder and is currently in hospital under police guard.

Paramedics desperately tried to save the woman, who is in her 50s, but she was declared dead at the scene.

Police said they received several reports that a shot had been fired on Farmers Gate (pictured), Newport, Shropshire, at just before 11.15pm on Friday

Officers arrived to find the woman in a black Range Rover Evoque (pictured) with a gunshot wound to her neck

Flowers have been left at the scene of the incident which occurred on Farmers Gate

One Facebook user said: 'I know this woman and she moved to get away, he found her by stalking, shot her and my friend has lost her mom.

'There's nothing wrong with Shropshire. He lived in Sutton, she moved to get away from him, however he found her by stalking her.

'I'm a friend of the lady's family. We are all hoping he wakes up and faces justice. A court of law will [bring him to justice], that's if he survives.

'We are in a great deal of shock. Lovely woman and fantastic mother and she will be sadly missed and that's all I'm prepared to say.'

A friend said: 'We are in a great deal of shock. Lovely woman and fantastic mother and she will be sadly missed'

A 45-year-old man, from Newport, was arrested on farmland near Sutton. He is currently in hospital under police guard

The black Range Rover was covered by a forensics tent to preserve the scene against the weather as officers continue to investigate the murder

West Mercia Police currently believe the suspect and the deceased knew one another.

Vicky Allen, 34, said: 'I heard screams, I don't know what time it was exactly. I was in bed and just thought it was people coming back from up town.

'In the Range Rover we could see the shotgun hole through the back window - it's not nice.'

Donna Campbell, 38, lives by the woman and said: 'I heard two bangs and thought it was fireworks to start with.

'Then I heard screaming, looked out the bedroom window and saw a silver Range Rover wheel spinning off.

'I looked and a young girl was screaming 'my mum's been shot, my mum is dead,'

Police have carried out a finger tip search at the scene of the incident in Farmers Gate

A friend of the mother who was killed in a car with a shotgun has told how she was being stalked by a man shortly before her murder

The house, on a newly-built estate which is still being constructed, looks onto a grass and playpark area

'I phoned 999 and went out to see if I could help. The girl was just crying that her mum was dead and one of the other neighbours was on the phone to the police.

'He was asking if I could check the lady in the car for a pulse but by that point the ambulance and police were just arriving.

'They had only been here about three weeks. You don't expect it.'

Debbie Beamond, 48, who lives in the area, said: 'A man had a snood on over his face and was walking around here. I don't know whether he had anything to do with it - loitering around.

'You don't expect it round here, it's a quiet road - it's new. The poor girl's daughter that was in the house, they had only just moved in.'

When officers arrived they discovered the injured woman, who was in her 50s, in the car. Paramedics attended but she was declared dead at the scene

Superintendent Sue Thomas said: 'We are in the very early stages of our investigation and have a number of officers carrying out inquiries'

One Facebook user said: 'I know this woman and she moved to get away, he found her by stalking, shot her and my friend has lost her mom'

One neighbour who wished to remain anonymous said: 'If it's who I think it is she was quite a nice lady.

'That house has been occupied for about a month. It was her and a child - poor woman, no one deserves that.'

Superintendent Sue Thomas, from West Mercia Police, said: 'We are in the very early stages of the investigation and a cordon remains in place at the scene and on farmland in Sutton, Staffordshire, whilst enquiries are being carried out.

'At this time we believe the suspect and the deceased were known to each other. We are treating this as an isolated incident.

A neighbour said: 'In the Range Rover we could see the shotgun hole through the back window - it's not nice'

Forensic officers converse at the scene on Farmers Gate in Newport, Shropshire

Debbie Beamond, 48, who lives in the area, said: 'A man had a snood on over his face and was walking around here. I don't know whether he had anything to do with it - loitering around'

'I understand that this incident will be concerning for the local community, and I'd like to reassure them that we will have extra officers in the area over the coming days to carry out enquiries and to provide reassurance.

'We would ask anyone with any information which could assist with the investigation or who may have any concerns to please come forward or to speak with a local officer.

'Our thoughts remain with the family of the victim, who is being supported by specially trained officers at this time.'

Anyone with information should call 101 and quote incident 725s of 26 January 2018 or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

One neighbour who wished to remain anonymous said: 'If it's who I think it is she was quite a nice lady'

A Paramedic removes emergency ambulance equipment that was at the scene to treat the woman, in her 50s who died