Boy, eight, dies after being shot on a farm – as man in his 60s is arrested

An eight-year-old boy has tragically died overnight after he was shot on a farm.

Emergency services raced to the farm in the Warcop area of Cumbria after being called at 2.50pm yesterday.

A child had been seriously injured after being shot, sustaining ‘serious and life-threatening injuries to his head and face’.

The gun was secured at the scene by police and the young boy was taken to hospital by air ambulance, but he sadly passed away overnight.

Officers arrested a man in his 60s at the scene on suspicion of assault GBH. 

Following the boy’s death he was re-arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter.

Posting on Facebook, locals said they saw crime scene investigators, a medical rescue helicopter and ‘at least five police vehicles’.