2nd june 2010

Dear Mr Barrett

Thank you for your request for information received via email in this
office on 14 February 2011. This request will be dealt with under the
terms of the Freedom Of Information Act 2000. Details of the request
received:-

Please can you give me the time line for the day of the cumbria

shootings 2/6/2010 where 12 people were killed and 25 injured

giving special attention to the 3 1/2 hours (or your own

estimations) that Mr Bird "went missing"

The incident began when Bird, a self-employed taxi driver from

Rowrah, first shot dead his twin brother, David Bird, in Lamplugh,

then shot dead the family solicitor, Kevin Commons, in

Frizington.At 10.20 BST the police were telephoned .Bird then moved

on toward Whitehaven. At 10:33, there was a shooting incident close

to the taxi rank in Whitehaven.continue ..... etc etc

if you would be so kind as to continue from cumbria police force

point off view

these are the targeted killings could you time them in

chronological order

1. David Bird, 52, killed at Lamplugh, twin brother of the gunman.

2. Kevin Commons, 60, killed at Frizington, gunman's family

solicitor.

3. Darren Rewcastle, 43, killed at Whitehaven, fellow taxi driver

known to the gunman.

Random killings

4. Susan Hughes, 57, killed at Egremont.

5. Kenneth Fishburn, 71, killed at Egremont.

6. Jennifer Jackson, 68, killed at Wilton, wife of James Jackson.

7. James Jackson, 67, killed at Wilton, husband of Jennifer

Jackson.

8. Isaac Dixon, 65, killed at Carleton.

9. Garry Purdham, 31, killed at Gosforth, brother of England rugby

league captain Rob Purdham.

10. Jamie Clark, 23, killed at Seascale.

11. Michael Pike, 64, killed at Seascale.

12. Jane Robinson, 66, killed at Seascale.

Perpetrator

13. Derrick Bird, 52, suicide at Boot.

i would require written transcripts from officers at HQ and on the

ground with special attention to orders given that meant derrick

bird was "loose " for up to 3 1/2 hours

up to the final moments and that suicide was mentioned when dcc

stuart hyde announced at 2pm that a gun and body had been found

also could you let me have transcripts of the suicide ie the report

the officer/s made when the body was found its condition state

position etc and how he committed suicide and what was the gun make

that was found .

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Dear Mr Barrett,

Please find attached a response from Cumbria Constabulary to your request for information relating to the shootings in West Cumbria, in June 2010.

Yours sincerely,

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Dear Mr Barrett

With reference to the below, please see the attached letter.

Kind regards.

Trixi
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Trixi Julier
Data Protection & Freedom of Information Team Leader
Professional Standards Department

T: 01768 217054
E: [email address]
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Police Headquarters, Carleton Hall, Penrith, Cumbria CA10 2AU.
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Cumbria Constabulary - Safer Stronger Cumbria

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Dear Mr Barrett,

 

I am writing in relation to our response to your request for an internal
review of Cumbria Constabulary’s handling of your FOI request relating to
the following information: -

 

Timings relating to the shootings in West Cumbria.

 

Written transcripts from officers at HQ and on the ground, with special
attention to orders given that meant Derrick Bird was “loose” for up to 3
and a half hours, up to the final moments and that suicide was mentioned
when DCC Hyde announced at 2pm that a gun and body had been found.

 

Transcripts of the suicide, i.e. the report the officer(s) made when the
body was found, its condition state position etc and how he committed
suicide and what was the gun make that was found.

 

Please note that we wrote to you on 2nd June 2011 concerning the
progression of your request, and as of this date have received no further
communication from you on this matter.   As requested in our letter of 2nd
June 2011, please let us know if you wish to continue with your request
for an internal review of our original response, or whether you wish to
submit an entirely new request as of now for our consideration.

 

Thankyou very much for your interest in Cumbria Constabulary.

 

Kind regards.

 

Trixi

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