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Caption: Cops ... investigating
Given the photo it goes alongside, is this the least informative picture caption ever? A colleague of mine spotted it on the Sun website. (Click on the image to see a larger version.)
Just in case you can't see the screengrab, here's a link to the original article.
The Sun: Shooting on quiet street
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