Cumbria gunman Derrick Bird 'shot brother 11 times'

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Eleven of the 12 people Derrick Bird shot before turning the gun on himself.

Killer Derrick Bird shot his semi-naked twin brother David 11 times with a rifle after confronting him in his bedroom, an inquest has heard.

Relatives of those killed by Bird, 52, held hands to their faces as they heard details of his rampage through West Cumbria from Det Ch Supt Iain Goulding.

The taxi-driver's killing spree on 2 June last year left 12 people dead.

Armed with a 12-bore sawn-off shotgun and a .22 rifle, he called victims over as if to ask the time, then shot them.

On more than one occasion he left his vehicle, changed his weapon to the rifle, and finished off his injured victims by shooting them in the head at point-blank range, the inquest at the Energus Centre in Workington heard.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-12595177

Note:1 March 2011 Last updated at 17:53 GMT