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Kill Total: |
12+ |
Kill place: |
Cumbria |
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Kill date: |
2nd June 2010 |
Victim(s): |
David Bird
Kevin Commons
Darren Rwcastle
Kenneth Fishburn
Susan Hughes
Jennifer Jackson
James Jackson
Issac Dixon
Gary Purdham
Michael Pike
Jane Robinson
Jamie Clarke |
|
Date of Birth: |
1958 |
Marital Status: |
Fivorced |
|
AKA: |
Birdy |
Occupation: |
Taxi
driver |
Exact details
still not confirmed, much press speculation.
As you know
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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, luckily both survive.
He drives to another taxi rank in
Coach street where he shots another cab 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.
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