Chilling footage shows police at remote farm where boy, 8, died after being shot

This chilling footage shows police cars beside a field where an eight-year-old boy died after being shot in the head.

Emergency services rushed to the scene at the remote farm in the Warcop area of Cumbria at around 2.50pm yesterday afternoon (Saturday, September 28). The boy was rushed to hospital in an air ambulance.

Tragically, he died overnight having suffered injuries to his head and face. Cumbria Constabulary said the firearm was secured by officers at the scene.

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A man in his 60s was arrested at the scene on suspicion of assault. He remains in police custody but is now under arrest on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter.

Locals have now described seeing officers and paramedics 'purposefully marching' across the small field, just off the A66, not long after the shooting. One resident, who asked not to be named, said: "When I first came across it, it was about 3pm when I was heading out towards Penrith.

"I saw the medical emergency helicopter in the small field. There’s a level field and then a field rising quite steeply up to where the solitary police car was.

"It must have just been called in. I think everything was happening at that time. Police had arrived on mass and medics were marching up the field with a purpose. I’ve since been told that the boy has passed away."

In a statement, a Cumbria Police spokesperson said: "Police are investigating following the death of an eight-year-old boy. Emergency services were called at around 2.50pm yesterday (28 Sept) to a farm in the Warcop area following a report that a child had been seriously injured by a firearm at the property.

"Police and NWAS attended. The firearm was