Derrick Bird, the man who killed 12 people in Cumbria by going on a shooting spree is thought to have called to the majority of the victims before shooting them. Derek Bird drove around in a grey Citroen Picasso looking for certain people to shoot. When he saw someone that he wanted to shoot he would call out there name to grab their attention, and even call them over to his car, and then aim to shoot them in the face. Many people escaped being killed by seeing the crazed look in Derek Bird’s eyes and were able to moved out of the firing line, however many suffered serious injuries. Some of victims have no known contact with Derek Bird and the reason behind him shooting them is thought to just been down to the crazy state of mind he was in. Two walkers, who were unaware of what had happened over the last few hours, saw Derek leave his crashed car at the end of his killing spree and offered him their help, risking their lives without realising, but Derek walked straight passed them with only one thing in his mind, ‘to kill himself’.

A man who killed his ex girlfriend and their young son had been arrested a week earlier for threatening to kill them. The forty four year old man stabbed his ex girlfriend and son before turning the knife on himself. His ex girlfriend was in a new relationship and was three months pregnant with her new partner. The killer and his ex girlfriend were found dead at the scene but their 23 month child was found alive and was taken to hospital by air ambulance, but unfortunately the toddler died later from his injuries. An investigation may take place into any mistakes made by the police when the arrest took place a week earlier, and why the killer was released enabling him to do what he had set out to do the first time.

Mindless vandalism continually frustrates local residents. Many of us park our cars on the street outside of our houses, but many of do so leaving our vehicles at risk. A friend of mine was relieved not to have parked their car on the street outside her house a few nights ago as all cars parked on the street were vandalised in one evening. All cars had one or more tyres slashed leaving many residents unable to drive to work. The damage is believed to have been caused by teenagers who are on their school half term break, which consistently raises questions over facilities available to teenagers outside of school hours. This and other damage to vehicles happens quite frequently around the country leaving car owners to pay out for vehicle repairs.

Should owning a gun become illegal? Following the shootings in Cumbria questions have been raised over why the gunman who went on the killing spree in Cumbria was allowed to own a firearm. The shootings in Cumbria was the third of it’s type in the UK in the last 23 years. In 1987 a gunman roamed the streets of Hungerford in Berkshire killing 16 people and injuring another 15. In Dunblane in 1996 17 people were shot, 16 of them school children, which all took place in a primary school. In all incidents the gunman has turned the gun on himself before the police could intervene. Many believe owning a gun should become illegal, however no action over gun regulations is likely to be taken following the latest incident due to the fact that all three massacre’s are random attacks without a known motive. The gun regulations will come under further scrutiny over the next few months.

A taxi driver in Cumbria went on a killing spree on Wednesday morning which ended up in twelve people being killed. Eleven other people were wounded and seven of the wounded are still in hospital. The killings took place within the space of three hours before the gunman turned the gun on himself. Three people known to the gunman were shot first, including his twin brother, fellow colleague, and solicitor. The remaining shootings were random attacks. Police are investigating to discover the reasons behind the ruthless attack, but it is believed that the attack was a result of financial and family issues, and possibly from a dispute over a will. Investigators have stated there is a good chance they will never discover the full reasons behind the attack.