Chilling footage has emerged of police arriving in mass at a rural farm after a schoolboy who was shot in the head died.
The tragic youngster suffered serious head and face injuries in the horror incident on a farm near Warcop, Cumbria, on Saturday at around 2.50pm. He died overnight after being rushed to hospital in an air ambulance.
The local force say the gun was secured by officers at the scene and a man in his 60s was arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter following his death. In a new clip from the scene, police vehicles are seen pulled up along the side of a country road as they respond to the incident.
A spokesperson for Cumbria Constabulary said: “Police are investigating following the death of an eight-year-old boy. Emergency services were called at around 2.50pm yesterday (28 Sept) to a farm in the Warcop area following a report that a child had been seriously injured by a firearm at the property.
“Police and NWAS attended. The firearm was secured at the scene by police and an eight-year-old boy was taken to hospital by air ambulance having suffered serious and life-threatening injuries to his head and face. Sadly, the boy has died overnight.”
Officers arrested a man in his 60s at the scene on suspicion of assault GBH. He remains in police custody but is now under arrest on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter, reports the Mirror.
Residents of the rural area described seeing officers and paramedics ‘purposefully marching’ across a small field, just off the A66, not long after the shooting. One neighbour, who asked not to be named, said: “When I first came across it, it was about 3pm when I was heading out towards Penrith.
“I saw the medical emergency helicopter in the small field. There’s a level field and then a field rising quite steeply up to where the solitary police car was. It must have just been called in. I think everything was happening at that time. Police had arrived on mass and medics were marching up the field with a purpose. I’ve since been told that the boy has passed away.”
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