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gunman goes crazy in cumbria killing 7 people omg, can you belive someone is capable of suh a thing, it beggers belief,

hes left his car now so surely it wont be long tillt he police catch him, it must be terriying for the residents, id defo stay n doors lol

the poor familys :(

xxx

He will know the area well as he lives round the whitehaven in a smalley village.
But I hope the police catch him soon as I would hate anymore people to be hurt,,

definitly, i cant belive it, its like somthing u read about in america,

The named gunman is aged 52yrs, and is said to have killed three people, according to the news on our radio at 2.00.
Meanwhile, the police have been called to an 'incident' here in Derbyshire, and even the Air Ambulance is on standby.
Same as Stray said, you would think it was America.
Julia in Derbyshire

Seems to always happen when we we get some warm weather


Hope cubrian Caz is ok.

according to Sky news they have found a body in woods near Boot,
speculation is that it IS the Gunman, although unconfirmed!

Bob

Stray - it has happened in the UK before - Hungerford in the 1980's and, of course, Dunblane. Dreadful for all concerned.

But I thought that after Dunblane, when they confiscated all the handguns from the legal users......the politicians expected all this gun crime would stop?

or am I being cynical?

bob

ooops silly me !!

its only criminals that have guns now isnt it?

Oh no. Just in, must look at news.

It says he has even shot his own mother,I hope in a way it is him they have found.
Just a shame he won't get the punisment he deserves.

Maryb

I have just had the misfortune of listening to that witch Kay Burley on Sky News trying to get eye witnesses to describe all the gory details plus any other little bit of info she could drag out of them.

Bloody despicable journalism in my view.

A friend faced a gun wielding bank robber in Norwich and she received counselling for 6 months and that gun wasn't discharged. How the hell do these people feel?

Sue

Tragic utterly tragic.

thank goodness the news ************GOT IT WRONG************<<<<<<<< in its broadcasting all morning,,,,,and the mum is unharmed and very much alive !!!, poor poor woman,(
sad as it is Sue,thats media covereage, some people will crave every little bit of details they can,regardless that its not going to have any impact on their lives at all,,,,,!

ps someone I knew also faced an undischarged gun and still in recovery after 10 years ,she cant go out,!!

There will hundreds of traumatised people tonight.The GP I heard talking sounded dreadful.He had witnessed two bodies on the pavement.He knew the lady I think ,but from what I an gather the other person he could not identify because of the injuries.
It's best we just all wait until we hear the correct details I think.It is a tragedy and I just feel so sorry for everyone concerned.

heartbreaking news - 12 killed and 25 injured - three critically - he just killed people randomly and one has to wonder what on earth was going on in his mind to do such a dreadful thing - how will these small villages ever recover from such a tragedy? my heart goes out to all concerned and in particular the children of the killer and his mother

Latest news is 12 dead and 25 injured!

Like McB I thought about Cumbrian Caz and hope she and her family are okay.

Not just in America Stray.....in 1989 on a quiet Sunday a gunman (later confirmed as a schizoprehnic) rampaged in Monkseaton,Whitley Bay. He killed one person and injured 14 others, using his father's shotgun.

Latest body count is now 12 people confirmed dead he has shot himself. I remember Dunblane I was about eleven at the time and hoped I would not see another gun massacre in the uk after hand guns were confiscated.

my heart goes for his mother,,,,,,,,,


they had her reported shot dead, !!!,,,,,,what a gaff for the family to have heard that dreaful news,,,,,,,,,,and they didnt rectify that till late this afternnoon,,,,,,shameful running willy nilly till they got full KNOWN facts from the authorities,

and reporters asking inane questions that no one could possibly answer

nobody knows what gun was used,

,,,,but shot guns are legal here if you hold a current licence firearm certificate.

my thoughts with the families unbelievable xxx