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Post by Fredo on Jun 3, 2010 8:37:43 GMT -5
A CRAZED gunman shot dead 12 people today in a shooting rampage before killing himself.
Taxi driver Derrick Bird killed a fellow cabbie then drove through the Lake District in Cumbria apparently blasting his victims at random before turning the weapon on himself.
Another 25 people were injured during the bloody shootings — which cops have called "truly exceptional".
Three people are still critically ill in hospital.
The tragedy is the worst British massacre since 16 children and one adult died in Dunblane in 1996.
Detective Constable Stuart Hyde today said: "This has shocked the people of Cumbria and around the country to the core."
The body of the father-of-two, 52, was found in woods in Boot, Cumbria, this afternoon.
Police said tonight two weapons have been found and they are investigating 30 different crime scenes.
A local taxi driver claimed that Bird gunned down three cab drivers in Whitehaven this morning after having an argument with them last night.
He said: "All of the taxi drivers were friends. But I heard last night there was an argument on the taxi rank."www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2996697/Shooting-horror-in-Whitehaven.htmlThey should really consider passing some tough gun control laws over there before something bad happens.
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