Famer, 75, shot to dying in personal discipline as shotgun recovered by police | EUROtoday

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A person has been arrested on suspicion of homicide after a farmer was shot useless in his personal discipline in rural Lancashire, in accordance with neighbours.

The sufferer, 75, was discovered with suspected gunshot harm in a discipline at 5pm on Thursday in Pinfold Lane, Scarisbrick.

Sadly, regardless of one of the best efforts of the emergency companies, he was pronounced useless on the scene.

A 29-year-old man from Scarisbrick has been arrested on suspicion of homicide and stays in custody.

A shotgun was recovered from the scene.

One neighbour informed the ECHO he noticed the police “fly down the road”. He mentioned: “Police were all stood at the end of the driveways and focused their attention there at first before moving onto the far. “

Detective Chief Inspector Andy Fallows, of Lancashire Police’s force major investigation team, said: “A man has very sadly lost his life as a result of this, and we have a dedicated team of officers working to establish what led to his death.

“We know that this news may sound concerning to the Scarisbrick community, but we want to reassure everyone that it is being treated as an isolated incident. Both parties are known to each other, and we aren’t looking for anyone else in connection with this incident.

“This is where I now appeal to you, the public, to ask that if you have any information, saw or heard anything suspicious or have dashcam footage from the Pinfold Lane area of Scarisbrick yesterday between 12pm and 5.30pm, to please get in contact.”