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Boy, 8, killed after being shot in head & face ‘while hunting rabbits’ is named as cops issue plea for witnesses

AN EIGHT-year-old boy who was fatally shot in the head and face has been named by Police.

Jay Cartmel died after sustaining serious head injuries after the horror unfolded on a hillside close to Wheatsheaf Farm, near Warcop, in Cumbria.

several police cars are parked on the side of the road
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Police at the scene where an eight-year-old boy was shot in the head and face[/caption]

Officers are continuing to investigate Jay’s death and have issued a plea for witnesses to come forward.

Police arrested a man in his 60s nearby on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter – who was later bailed.

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