An ex-solder suspected of murdering his ex-girlfriend and two members of her family in a brutal crossbow attack is believed to have shot himself as the net tightened around him.
Former soldier Kyle Clifford was tracked down by armed officers to a cemetery in north London yesterday afternoon before being put on a stretcher and bundled into an ambulance when he was found injured.
The 26-year-old was taken to Royal London Hospital where he continues to be treated at a major trauma centre – officers have said ‘no shots were fired by police’ during the operation to apprehend him and say they are looking for no-one else.
Clifford had been the subject of a massive manhunt following the deaths of Louise Hunt, 25, her sister Hannah, 28, and mother Carol, 61, at their home in Bushey, Hertfordshire on Tuesday evening.
Police sources say the women, who are the daughters and wife of BBC Radio Five Live commentator John Hunt, were tied up before being shot dead with a 3ft-long crossbow in a…