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Derrick Bird |
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November 1957 |
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June 2010 |
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Cumbria |
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Divorced |
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Taxi
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FACTFILE
Wednesday 2nd June 2010,
12 people dead and many more, up to 25 injured.
8:20am - Bird sets off in his Citeron Picasso taxi from his
home in Rowrah.
8:30am Bird shots his twin brother, David, in the village of
Lamplugh He then proceeded into Frizington where he shot the
family solicitor, Kevin Commons, who was found shot dead in
his driveway.
10:35am. Bird arrives at the taxi rank in Whitehaven where
he shots fellow taxi driver, and friend Darren Rewcastle, he
also shots another cabbie, Terry Kenedey and his passenger,
both survive.
He drives to another taxi rank in Coach street where he
shots another taxi driver.
According to eyewitness reports, Derrick Bird is seen
driving through Whitehaven with his gun hanging out of the
window. Shortly afterwards, police urge people in
Whitehaven, Egremont and Seascale to stay indoors.
11:15am, Bird arrives in a sleepy hamlet near Egremont,
Retired Sellafield worker Kenneth Fishburn shot whilst
riding his bicycle on Egremont Bridge.
Haggard End. Egremont: Susan Hughes was shot as she walked
home from the shops.
Wilton: Jennifer and James Jackson killed at Town End Farm.
Carlton Wood: Isaac Dixon shot while he was speaking with a
farmer on the edge of a field.
Gosforth: Rugby League player Garry Purdham killed at point
blank range whilst working in a field.
B5344 towards Drigg Road: Cyclist Michael Pike, 64, and Jane
Robinson both killed. Robinson was delivering catalogues at
the time.
Seascale: Jamie Clarke killed whilst driving through
Seascale on Gosforth Road. Pub landlord Harry Berger is shot
in the arm in Seascale,
1.04pm Cumbria Police revealed that Bird had abandoned his
car near the hamlet of Boot and was on foot
1.30pm - The Sellafield nuclear plant near Seascale goes
into lockdown
1:40pm a body was discovered in a wood near the town of
Boot, police confirmed this to be the body of the gunman,
Derrick Bird, there was 2 guns found with the body.
Police revealed that Bird had both a shotgun certificate and
a firearms Licence for the weapons used in the massacre he
had held the licence for over 20 years, and had no previous
complaints or problems in relation to guns.
The Victims:-
David Bird
Kevin Commons
Darren Rwcastle
Kenneth Fishburn
Susan Hughes
Jennifer Jackson
James Jackson
Issac Dixon
Gary Purdham
Michael Pike
Jane Robinson
Jamie Clarke
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