Cumbria shootings: Derrick Bird – a quiet, popular, polite man who everyone liked
HE WAS a grandfather who courted a modest group of friends, and was always polite to his neighbours.
Yet in the space of three hours, Derrick Bird went on a murderous road trip across his home county of Cumbria which left 12 people dead and 25 wounded.
Last night, as police began to examine what had caused the 52-year-old to embark on his killing spree, his friends and neighbours expressed shock and disbelief.
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