Boy, 8, fatally shot at farm is named

A number of police vehicles are parked next to a shed and wooden gate on the bend of a road with a field in the foreground Frank Chalmers/PA

Emergency services were called on Saturday to a farm in the Warcop area

An eight-year-old boy who died after being shot in the head and face at a farm has been named as Jay Cartmell from Frizington.

He was injured on land near the A66, north of Warcop in Cumbria, at about 14:50 BST on Saturday and later died in hospital.

A man in his 60s who was being held on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter has been released on bail.

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