Boy, 8, dies hours after he was shot in head and face at a farm as cops arrest man in his 60s

AN EIGHT-YEAR-OLD boy has tragically died hours after being shot in the head and face.

Emergency services responded to calls at around 2.50pm yesterday from a farm in the Warcop area of Cumbria.

FacebookAn eight-year-old boy died overnight after being shot in the head and face by a gun[/caption] FacebookPolice arrested a man in his 60s at the scene[/caption]

An eight-year-old boy was rushed to hospital by air ambulance with serious and life-threatening injuries to his head and face.