Gunman Kills 12 In Cumbria

[Prettymaid]

I don't know if they will ever find a way to profile these kinds of killers. After an incident like this everyone always says they had no idea the person could do something like this. It's so sad.

[Freypower]

Apparently there was an argument the night before between family members about a will. Derrick Bird (the gunman) told a friend "There's going to be a rampage" and "This is the last time you'll see me." Before that, though... nothing. No indications of what was to come. He seemed 'normal', quiet, worked as a taxi driver in the area for twenty years. Terrifying how somebody can apparently just snap.

Julie - I trust that your friends are okay? (Other than being terribly shocked and upset.) This occurred partly in Whitehaven.

They are in Bothel, which isn't that close to the relevant places, but Mike thought he recognised one of the streets in Whitehaven where a poor person was shot, and when we were 'courting' we went to Seascale with our friends.