2 June 2010Last updated at 22:12

In pictures: Cumbria shootings

Flowers lie at the scene of a shooting in Whitehaven, 2 June

Residents of Cumbria in north-west England are in shock after a lone gunman killed 12 people in a rampage.

A police forensics team member records evidence in Whitehaven, 2 June

Police received reports of shots being fired in the town of Whitehaven on Wednesday morning. A man's body was found on Duke Street.

A tarpaulin covers a damaged car in Seascale, 2 June

The gunman drove through Whitehaven with a gun hanging out of his car window, witnesses say. He then headed south through Gosforth and Seascale before turning inland, leaving a trail of bloodshed. Here a damaged car stands under tarpaulin in Seascale.

A body lies under tarpaulin on a Seacale street, 2 June

Police declared 30 separate crime scenes in England's picturesque Lake District.

Police identified the gunman as Derrick Bird, 52, who lived in the Cumbrian town of Rowrah.

Police near the site where Derrick Bird's body was found near the village of Boot, 2 June

Bird's body was eventually found near the village of Boot. He had apparently killed himself.

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In pictures: Cumbria shootings

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