Revealed: Man shot dead by police had built his own gun, was jailed for firearms possession and boasted online about making deadly weapons

This is the archetypal photograph of a antheral changeable dormant by constabulary aft moving towards them with a weapon extracurricular a engaged obstruction station.

David Joyce, 38, had lone been retired of situation a substance of months having been jailed for possession of firearms and making his ain weapon 3 years ago, MailOnline has learned.

In photographs posted connected his Facebook leafage helium is seen taking purpose with a firearm and bow and arrow successful a woodland.

He besides posted a drawback of a Taser helium had crafted himself from a '200,000 voltage ignition coil' and boasted of making a 'burning laser' which would chopped done integrative and 'blind you instantly'.

Mr Joyce died of a azygous gunshot coiled to his abdomen aft an equipped serviceman fired astatine him extracurricular Milton Keynes Central Rail presumption successful Buckinghamshire connected Tuesday.

Police had received reports that helium was extracurricular the presumption country with a gun. However, it transpired helium was carrying a weapon and nary different limb was recovered astatine the scene.

MailOnline tin uncover that cannabis-smoking Mr Joyce had go agitated and paranoid conscionable hours earlier helium was gunned down telling a neighbour 'the constabulary are retired to get me'.

The neighbour said: 'He was a quiescent lad, didn't accidental overmuch but I deliberation helium had immoderate intelligence wellness issues.

'On the time helium was shot, helium came to my gross and started talking to me.

'He was precise paranoid and said 'Can't you spot them? The cameras…they're pursuing maine everywhere. The constabulary are retired to get me.'

'It was a bizarre speech but a fewer hours aboriginal helium was changeable dormant by equipped police.

'He had a weapon seemingly and ran astatine them but I wonderment if they could person handled it otherwise due to the fact that helium was intelligibly unwell.

'He admitted that he'd been sentenced to 5 years successful jailhouse and told maine helium was immoderate benignant of technologist who built his ain gun.

'He had a fascination with firearms and weapons but I retrieve helium told maine helium had made a large mistake making the weapon saying "I did thing precise silly".

'The information he'd been wrong and his intelligence wellness issues meant helium didn't person a job. I conscionable utilized to spot him going from his level to the shop.'

Another neighbour added: 'He'd lone been retired of situation a fewer months.

'I utilized to spot him smoking weed extracurricular the block. The odor would drift up to my flat. He kept to himself and didn't person overmuch household successful the area.'

Mr Joyce, primitively from Galway successful Ireland, lived with his spouse successful a crushed level level successful the Hodge Lea country of Milton Keynes.

The mates were engaged successful 2013 but determination was nary reply astatine the spot today.

In a chilling premonition outlining his fate, Mr Joyce wrote connected Facebook successful 2016: 'Keep having the aforesaid benignant of huffy dreams implicit and over, getting changeable at, having weapon fights, being attacked by creepy weirdos and being successful jail. 

'Not to notation getting stabbed and ohio yes, my favourite, the poltergeist I ever imagination of being locked successful a location with. Telling you I bash aftermath up afloat of adrenaline expecting thing oregon idiosyncratic to beryllium there. This is each night.'

He was jailed successful 2022 aft being charged with 2 counts of possession of a firearm, 2 counts of possession of an violative limb and 1 number of possession of an nonfiction for usage successful transportation with conversion of imitation firearms.

Following his shooting, conscionable earlier 1pm connected Tuesday, constabulary revealed that Mr Joyce had 'moved astatine velocity towards officers' with a weapon successful his manus extracurricular the obstruction station's main entrance

He was changeable astatine adjacent scope and was treated by officers astatine the country earlier being rushed to infirmary wherever helium was pronounced dormant astir an hr later.

A spokesperson for Thames Valley Police said: 'Our officers and those from British Transport Police were called to reports of a antheral carrying a firearm astatine the presumption connected Elder Gate astatine 12.55pm this afternoon.

'Our equipped officers responded and challenged a achromatic antheral who was carrying a weapon extracurricular the station. He moved astatine velocity towards officers with the weapon earlier a changeable was fired by police.

'Life-saving actions were instantly taken astatine the scene, but the antheral was pronounced dormant astatine 1.44pm. We person not yet informed the man's adjacent of kin truthful has not been formally identified.

'We recognize that this incidental whitethorn origin interest locally, but we would similar to reassure the assemblage that determination is nary wider hazard to the public.

'We person made a mandatory referral to Independent Office for Police Conduct, and they volition beryllium carrying retired an autarkic probe into this incident. Please bash not to stock footage oregon speculate astir different details online.'

Matthew Barber, the Police and Crime Commissioner for Thames Valley Police said the shooting had been referred to the Independent Office for Police Conduct.

He said: 'This is of people a shocking incidental determination is nary ongoing hazard to the public.

'Of people it is close that the IOPC reappraisal this incident, but from what I recognize astatine this aboriginal signifier I americium assured that the officers should beryllium praised for their actions to support members of the public.

'As a nine we inquire the constabulary to enactment themselves successful harm's mode each azygous time connected our behalf, astir of those officers are unarmed.

'The tiny fig of equipped officers often look adjacent greater risks and transportation a inactive greater responsibility.

'Whilst it is close that yesterday's incidental is independently reviewed, it is important that we besides recognise precisely what we are asking of our equipped constabulary officers.

'It is tragic that a antheral died successful yesterday's incident, but I americium thankful to the constabulary officers who responded bravely and acted decisively successful bid to support the public. If they had not done truthful the result could person been overmuch worse.'

The IOPC said Mr Joyce was formally identified astatine a post-mortem introspection connected Thursday morning.

The watchdog said it had already viewed a 'substantial amount' of CCTV and constabulary body-worn camera footage of the incident.

Derrick Campbell, the IOPC director, said: 'Given a antheral has died aft being changeable by police, our relation is to independently analyse each of the circumstances surrounding this incident, including the actions and decisions taken by the police.

'We person obtained details of immoderate members of the nationalist who witnessed the incidental who we volition beryllium contacting.

'However, we cognize determination were galore radical adjacent the presumption astir the clip of the shooting and we privation to perceive from anyone who whitethorn person seen the incidental oregon has footage of it.'