A man has been arrested after an eight-year-old boy died when he was shot in the head on a remote farm.
Police were called to the address near Warcop, Cumbria at 2.50pm yesterday (Sat) where the lad was found with life-threatening head and facial injuries.
He was flown to hospital in an air ambulance but sadly died overnight.
Cumbria Constabulary said their officers secured a firearm at the scene and arrested a man in his 60s on suspicion of assault GBH.
He remains in police custody but is now under arrest on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter, they said.
Police were called to the address near Warcop, Cumbria at 2.50pm yesterday (Sat) where the lad was found with life-threatening head and facial injuries.
He was flown to hospital in an air ambulance but sadly died overnight.
Cumbria Constabulary said their officers secured a firearm at the scene and arrested a man in his 60s on suspicion of assault GBH.
He remains in police custody but is now under arrest on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter, they said.
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