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Cumbria shooting spree

Cumbria Shootings: UK Prime Minister visits Cumbria Police
David Cameron meets Cumbria police chief constable Craig Mackie at the Cumbria Police Station in Workington, Cumbria. The prime minister thanked the police and emergency services for the way they dealt with the shootings
Photograph: Lindsey Parnaby/EPA
Cumbria Shootings: Shooting in Cumbria
David Cameron and the home secretary Theresa May leave West Cumberland hospital, Whitehaven, in Cumbria
Photograph: Martin Rickett/PA
Cumbria Shootings: Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron leaves the West Cumberland Hospital
David Cameron leaves West Cumberland hospital after visiting patients who were shot by Derrick Bird, near Whitehaven
Photograph: David Moir/Reuters
Cumbria Shootings: Prime Minister David Cameron visits Whitehaven in Cumbria
David Cameron is greeted by North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust chairman Mike Little as the PM arrived at West Cumberland Hospital, Whitehaven, Cumbria
Photograph: Martin Rickett/PA
Cumbria shootings: Police stand next to the body of Darren Rewcastle on Duke Street, Whitehaven. Rewcastle, a fellow taxi driver, was Bird's first victim
Police stand next to a body on Duke Street, Whitehaven, shortly after the shootings started
Photograph: Rod Minchin/PA
Cumbria shootings: Officers attend the scene on Duke Street in Whitehaven, where Darren Rewcastle was shot dead at 10:30am
Officers attend the scene of the shooting on Duke Street
Photograph: Andrew Milligan/PA
Cumbria shootings: The body of a local man lies under a blanket on a bridge in the market town of Egremont, five miles south of Whitehaven
The body of a local man lies under a blanket on a bridge in the market town of Egremont, five miles south of Whitehaven
Photograph: Andrew Milligan/PA
Cumbria shootings: A police officer near the scene of the shooting on Duke Street in Whitehaven
A police officer near the scene of the shooting on Duke Street in Whitehaven
Photograph: David Moir/Reuters
Cumbria shootings: A police forensics team member records evidence at a murder scene
A police forensics team member records evidence on Duke Street in Whitehaven
Photograph: David Moir/Reuters
Whitehaven shootings: Police look under a blanket covering a body in Egremont
Police look under a blanket covering a body on Hagget End Road in Egremont
Photograph: Andrew Milligan/PA
Whitehaven shootings: Police officers stand in a wooded area close to Derrick Bird's car
Police officers stand in a wooded area close to where the car belonging to Derrick Bird was found in Boot, Cumbria
Photograph: Andrew Yates/AFP/Getty Images
Whitehaven shootings: Taxi driver Derrick Bird, on holiday in Tenerife
Taxi driver Derrick Bird, on holiday in Tenerife. At least 12 people were killed after the divorced father of two went on the rampage in the Lake District before shooting himself
Photograph: PA
Whitehaven shootings: Victims lie in the road in Egremont
Victims lie in the road in Egremont, a village south of Whitehaven
Photograph: Paul Kingston/North News & Pictures Ltd
Whitehaven shootings: A car left covered next to the small archway taking the country lane
A car left covered next to the small archway leading to Seascale, believed to be brought to a halt as gunman Derrick Bird fired through the windscreen at the driver
Photograph: Paul Kingston/North News & Pictures Ltd
Whitehaven shootings: A crashed car on its side on the quiet country lane into Seascale
A crashed car on its side on the quiet country lane into Seascale after gunman Derrick Bird apparently shot the driver
Photograph: Paul Kingston/North News & Pictures Ltd
Whitehaven shootings: A tarpaulin cover marks the site of yet another victim in Seascale
A tarpaulin cover marks the site of yet another victim in Seascale
Photograph: Paul Kingston/North News & Pictures Ltd
Whitehaven shootings: The body of a farmer killed in Gosforth as he worked in his fields
The body of a farmer killed in Gosforth, West Cumbria as he worked on a gate in one of his fields
Photograph: Paul Kingston/North News & Pictures Ltd
Cumbria shooting spree: Cumbria shooting spree
A police officer walks past a car that was shot at in Seascale, Cumbria
Photograph: Andrew Yates/AFP/Getty Images
Whitehaven shootings: Police officers outside the home of Derrick Bird
Police officers outside the home of Derrick Bird in Rowrah, near Frizington
Photograph: Paul Kingston/North News & Pictures Ltd
Cumbria shooting spree: Cumbria shooting spree
A fire officer cleans the street after the body of a victim in Egremont was removed from the scene
Photograph: Derek Blair/AFP/Getty Images
Cumbria shooting spree: Cumbria shooting spree
Tributes are left at the scene of the shooting on a bridge in Egremont
Photograph: Derek Blair/AFP/Getty Images
Cumbria shootings: A police forensic team investigate at a crime scene in Seascale
A police forensic team investigate a crime scene in Seascale
Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images
Cumbria shootings: A local newspaper board headlines the shooting rampage at Egremont, Cumbria
A local newspaper board headlines the shooting rampage at Egremont, Cumbria
Photograph: Scott Heppell/AP
Cumbria shootings: Drivers at a taxi rank on Duke Street in Whitehaven
Drivers at a taxi rank on Duke Street in Whitehaven
Photograph: Derek Blair/AFP/Getty Images
Cumbria shootings: A woman looks at flowers laid in tribute to the victims
A woman looks at flowers laid in tribute to the victims of Derrick Bird
Photograph: Chris Clark/AP
Cumbria shootings: Floral tributes at a taxi rank on Duke Street in Whitehaven
Floral tributes to the victims of Derrick Bird at a taxi rank on Duke Street in Whitehaven
Photograph: Derek Blair/AFP/Getty Images
Cumbria shootings: Craig Mackey, Chief Constable for Cumbria Constabulary
Craig Mackey, chief constable for Cumbria Constabulary, delivers a press conference in Whitehaven
Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty Images
Cumbria shootings: Cumbria Deals With The Aftermath Of The Derrick Bird Shootings
Floral tributes are left at a gate where Derrick Bird is reported to have shot his twin brother, David, in Lamplugh
Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images
Cumbria shootings: Photographs are removed from a cupboard inside Derrick Bird's house
Photographs are removed from a cupboard inside the house belonging to Derrick Bird in the town of Rowrah
Photograph: Andrew Milligan/PA
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