A taxi driver killed 12 people and injured several others before ending his own life in a horrific shooting spree in northern England.
Derrick Bird's three-and-a-half-hour rampage across Cumbria on Wednesday shocked police and locals who battled to try to understand what could have motivated him.
Cumbria police deputy chief constable Stuart Hyde described the shootings, which left 25 people badly injured, as a "terrifying and horrific" attack.
He said detectives did not yet know what motivated Bird, but promised a full investigation into the gunman's history, access to firearms and possible motives.
"This has shocked the people of Cumbria and around the country to the core," he told reporters.
"We're not able to understand at this stage the real motivation behind it or establish whether this was a pre-meditated or a random attack."
Derrick Bird's three-and-a-half-hour rampage across Cumbria on Wednesday shocked police and locals who battled to try to understand what could have motivated him.
Cumbria police deputy chief constable Stuart Hyde described the shootings, which left 25 people badly injured, as a "terrifying and horrific" attack.
He said detectives did not yet know what motivated Bird, but promised a full investigation into the gunman's history, access to firearms and possible motives.
"This has shocked the people of Cumbria and around the country to the core," he told reporters.
"We're not able to understand at this stage the real motivation behind it or establish whether this was a pre-meditated or a random attack."
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