Cumbria timeline: How tragedy came to a quiet corner of the Lake District

Cumbria killings: Full coverage

This is how the events unfolded.

10.35am

Police are called to Duke Street in Whitehaven after shots are fired.

Shortly afterwards, officers urge people living in Whitehaven, Egremont and Seascale to stay indoors.

12.18pm

Police confirm "a number of people" have been injured in a series of shootings.

12.41pm

Police name the suspect as Derrick Bird, 52, from Rowrah, near Frizington, and issue a photograph of him.

13.04pm

Radio Cumbria reports that at least four people are feared dead as police reveal that Bird has abandoned his car near Boot and is now believed to be on foot.

14.03pm

Police say a body, believed to be that of Bird, has been found in a wood near Boot.