Footage shows police cars beside a field where an eight-year-old boy died after being shot in the head.<br /><br />The boy suffered serious head and face injuries in the tragic incident on a farm near Warcop, Cumbria, yesterday at around 2.50pm (Sat).<br /><br />Sadly, he passed away overnight after being taken to hospital in an air ambulance.<br /><br />Cumbria Constabulary said the firearm was secured by officers at the scene and a man in his 60s was arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter following his death.<br /><br />Locals described seeing officers and paramedics 'purposefully marching' across the small field, just off the A66, not long after the shooting.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />“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.<br /><br /> “It must have just been called in. I think everything was happening at that time. <br /><br />“Police had arrived on mass and medics were marching up the field with a purpose. <br /><br />“I’ve since been told that the boy has passed away.”
