UK police look for motive in deadly shooting spree

Posted: 06.03.2010 at 6:20 AM

Police in a tranquil part of rural England are searching for the reasons behind a murderous rampage by a taxi driver, who killed 12 people and wounded another 25 before killing himself.
LONDON (AP) --       More than 100 officers are investigating the attacks by Derrick Bird. It was Britain's deadliest mass shooting since 1996.
      Police in Cumbria say they seized a shotgun and a .22 caliber rifle with a telescopic scope. They said Thursday that 52-year-old Bird was a licensed gun owner.
      Some reports say he had argued with fellow cab drivers the night before the killings; others suggest a family dispute.
      The first shootings were reported Wednesday morning in the coastal town of Whitehaven, about 350 miles northwest of London.