Gunman in Cumbria

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Anyone seen this on the news?
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/10214661.stm

Re the Derbyshire incident that was mentioned earlier...
The child died in hospital, and the bodies of a man and woman were found in the home. Police aren't looking for anyone else.

What a day.

More than 5 dead now

Where was that announced Kaloki?

BBC news, apparently there'll be an announcement in a little while to say how many more than 5

Thankyou.I'll watch the live feed then.

12 now fuck

12 dead??
am i being stupid? how is this only now coming to light? was he killing people while he was running away then?

Seems like it stealth. Some reports are saying that he was shooting from his car

Absolutely shocking. My heartfelt condolences to the families affected.

I can't believe this happened.

He also had 2 guns. WTF!?!

from what i gather, there were 11 different 'locations' for this incident - seems like he shot a couple of people at each location and, it seems, his mum.

due to the geographical area, discovery of his mum, and obviously some may have died once in hospital, that's probably why the figure seems to have jumped up.

I did read that his mum is safe and with police?

well the thing that was puzzling me is that it always seemed to be 25 reported as injured, so as though the new fatalities were being discovered.
Anyway, no point in speculating and questioning, sure we'll know soon enough

Mutha - according to the BBC there are 30 different crime scenes, but apparently police have said he didn't shoot his mother, she's safe and well and being support by her family.

just seen a ticker to say that emergency services as still going out checking for any more victims, I guess with him driving through some "remote" areas there could be victims that no-one knows about until they've not accounted for.

Just terrible

Have to say, despite all this happening the police seem to have been pretty good and fast despite the scale of this!

yes, that's quite disturbing. Hope there aren't too many calling the helpline and still waiting for news

It's unbelievable that 12 lives have been taken.

It seems so strange that think that they can be here one day and gone the next.That there's food in the fridge they'll never eat,ambitions they had that they'll never fufill,appointments they'll never holidays that were booked that they won't go on,friends and family they'll never see again and all because of this man who may never have done anything wrong before but who decided today that he was going to take people's lives.

How could anyone do that?

i see, didn't realise re his mum.

some of the areas are very remote, boot is a quite small place i believe.....only two pubs etc.

The stories emerging are horrific. A cyclist who had a woman die in his arms.

This is so terrible. 12 people, it's just horrible. Fingers crossed that those injured recover well.

I feel so sick hearing this. Wish I could do something to help the families of the victims.

It makes you feel very proud of the police doesn't it? Scenes of horror and fear all around and they just keep on going, putting themselves in harms way whilst telling everyone else to stay in doors. The police who found the body won't have known he was dead I suppose - all they will have known for sure was that they were getting closer and closer to a man with a gun who had killed many at random today. That is just extraordinary courage imo.

He's shot himself.

Thoughts and prayers with the people and families and friends in Cumbria this evening. We're supposed to be going there camping tomorrow. I'm not sure I want to go now.