<p><br /> A police manhunt is under way for a gunman who is believed to have shot his ex-girlfriend before killing her new lover.<br /> </p><p><br /> Northumbria Police named Raoul Thomas Moat, 37, from Newcastle, as the man they want to find in connection with the incident.<br /> </p><p><br /> He was released from Durham prison on Thursday, just hours before the shootings, having served a sentence for assault. Police warned the public that he should not be approached.<br /> </p><p><br /> Detective Superintendent Steve Howes, who is leading the investigation, said the attack at a house in Scafell, Birtley, near Gateshead, was motivated by a grudge against the couple.<br /> </p><p><br /> It is understood that Moat was previously in a relationship with the injured woman, who was in the house in Scafell with her current partner when the shooting took place at around 2.40am on Saturday.<br /> </p><p><br /> The man, who is believed to be in his late 20s or early 30s and has not been named, was pronounced dead at the scene.<br /> </p>
