Warcop farmer breaks silence after schoolboy dies from gun shot to head

A farmer who witnessed an eight year old schoolboy get fatally shot has spoken out after the incident which took place by Wheatsheaf Farm, near Warcop, in Cumbria

A farmer who witnessed an eight-year-old boy get shot in the head has spoken out.

Police rushed to a hillside close to Wheatsheaf Farm, near Warcop in Cumbria, on Saturday afternoon. Locals who live in Warcop believe the shooting could have been an accident.

The farmer nearby told The Sun: "I had to witness what happened. It’s deeply upsetting. My mother is in her 80s and ill.”

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