A child has died after being injured by a firearm on a local farm.
Cumbria Police are investigating the death of the eight-year-old boy following an incident on a property in the Warcop area.
Officers arrested a man in his 60s at the scene on suspicion of assault GBH. He remains in police custody but is now under arrest on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter.
Emergency services were called at around 2.50pm yesterday, Saturday, September 28, following a report that a child had been seriously injured by a firearm at the property.
The firearm was secured at the scene by police and an eight-year-old boy was taken to hospital by air ambulance having suffered serious and life-threatening injuries to his head and face.
Sadly, the boy has died overnight.
