Armed police have found the man suspected of the crossbow murders of BBC racing commentator John Hunt’s wife and their two daughters. Officers and paramedics rushed to a cemetery in Enfield, north London, on Wednesday following a major manhunt for Kyle Clifford, 26. The wanted 26-year-old was found in the Enfield area and treated for injuries, confirmed Hertfordshire Constabulary, adding that their officers did not fire any shots. Clifford, who left the British Army in 2022 following a brief period of service, was wanted over the deaths of Carol Hunt, 61, and her two daughters, Hannah, 28, and Louise, 25. The three women were found with serious injuries and later declared dead at the scene after officers were called to a property in Bushey on Tuesday evening. During the manhunt, the force said they believed Clifford may have been armed with a crossbow and warned the public not to approach him.
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Armed police have found the man suspected of the crossbow murders of BBC racing commentator John Hunt’s wife and their two daughters.
Officers and paramedics rushed to a cemetery in Enfield, north London, on Wednesday following a major manhunt for Kyle Clifford, 26.
The wanted 26-year-old was found in the Enfield area and treated for injuries, confirmed Hertfordshire Constabulary, adding that their officers did not fire any shots.
Clifford, who left the British Army in 2022 following a brief period of service, was wanted over the deaths of Carol Hunt, 61, and her two daughters, Hannah, 28, and Louise, 25.
The three women were found with serious injuries and later declared dead at the scene after officers were called to a property in Bushey on Tuesday evening.
During the manhunt, the force said they believed Clifford may have been armed with a crossbow and warned the public not to approach him.
Home secretary Yvette Cooper said she was being kept fully updated about the “truly shocking” deaths.
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Wanted man Kyle Clifford found
Police say they have found the suspect wanted over the killings of Carol Hunt and her daughters.
“A man wanted in connection with a triple murder in Bushey has been traced to a location in North London,” officers said.
“Following an extensive search, Kyle Clifford, aged 26, was found in the Enfield area by officers this afternoon.
“He is receiving medical treatment having been found with injuries. No shots were fired by police.”
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Premature naming of victims ‘caused great upset’
The investigation is moving “at pace” and that formal identification of the victims is yet to take place, said Detective Inspector Justine Jenkins from the Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire Major Crime Unit.
She also said that the “premature” naming of the victims “caused great upset.”
“This continues to be an incredibly difficult time for the victims’ family and we would ask that their privacy is respected as they come to terms with what has happened,” she added.
Police had been scouring a park in north London, near the home of Kyle Clifford, after being alerted yesterday about the killings in a house in Bushey, a residential area in northwestern London. Police and ambulance crews tried to save them, but they were pronounced dead at the scene.
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Love and support pours in for John Hunt from sports media and racing communities
Love and support has poured in for John Hunt from the sports media and racing communities after he lost his wife and two daughters in the horrific crossbow attack.
BBC Radio 5 Live presenter Mark Chapman gave a tearful tribute to his fellow commentator and friend after a “heartbreaking day”.
At the start of his Euros pre-match show on 5 Live on Wednesday evening, Mr Chapman said: “John Hunt is our colleague and our friend, not just to the current 5 Live sport team but to all of those who have worked here with him over the past 20 years and also to all of you who have enjoyed his superb commentaries.
“On behalf of everybody connected to 5 Live sport, our love and thoughts and support are with John and his family.”
ITV and Sky Sports Racing commentator Matt Chapman said: “There are no words here. Just the wish to let John know we love him and racing loves him.
“There are loads of us who he can talk to should he need or want to.
“John is an outstanding commentator and broadcaster – but he’s also just a lovely bloke.”
Love and support has poured in for John Hunt from the sports media and racing communities after he lost his wife and two daughters in the horrific crossbow attack (Supplied)
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Hunts were ‘very close-knit family’ who ‘loved’ local area, says neighbour
The Hunts were described as a “very close-knit family” as well-wishers laid flowers by the police cordon in Ashlyn Close, a quiet suburban cul-de-sac, on Wednesday.
Glyn Nicholas, 77, who has lived on the same road as the victims for 50 years and is a customer of Louise Hunt’s dog grooming business, said: “I knew of them, I said ‘hello’ to them and all that.”
He added: “They were a private family, all very nice, a private family. They all did their own things.
“Louise started a business a couple of years ago, and it was a thriving business – we all took our dogs there to be groomed.”
Mr Nicholas added that the Hunts were a “very close-knit family” who “loved” the street.
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Neighbours pay tribute to ‘beautiful souls’ killed in crossbow attack
Neighbours and friends of the mother and two daughters killed in the crossbow attack have described them as “beautiful souls”.
Neighbour Su Kehinde, 60, who laid flowers at a makeshift tribute in the area on Wednesday, said: “They were the loveliest, gentlest family. They were the meekest human beings. They did not deserve this. They were beautiful souls.”
Her daughter April, 32, said that Hannah Hunt, who was murdered alongside her sister Louise and their mother Carol, “always had a smile” and was “hard-working, a hard grafter and really gentle”.
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Grief in leafy town over ‘tremendous tragedy’ of triple murder
Tributes have been pouring in for the “gentle, beautiful, friendly” Hunt family after mother Carol, 61, and daughters Hannah, 28, and Louise, 25, were killed in a “targeted” incident in their usually peaceful cul-de-sac Ashlyn Close in Bushey on Tuesday evening.
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Uniformed police officers seen outside Lavender Hill Cemetery on Wednesday evening
Uniformed police officers could be seen outside Lavender Hill Cemetery in Enfield on Wednesday evening.
The two officers stood at the entrance gates and no one entered the cemetery.
Other uniformed officers could also be seen patrolling the residential area around the cemetery.
Earlier Hertfordshire Police had said that triple murder suspect Kyle Clifford has been found following the crossbow deaths of the wife and two daughters of a BBC racing commentator.
Clifford, 26, was found injured in the Enfield area of north London.
He is being treated and no shots were fired by police, the force added.
A view of the entrance to Lavender cemetery in Enfield, north London where triple murder suspect Kyle Clifford, 26, was found by officers on Wednesday afternoon (Jonathan Brady/PA Wire)
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Death overwhelming, say neighbours
A husband and wife who knew the victims paid tribute to the family as “nice and friendly” neighbours who would always wave and say “hello” as they walked their dogs past their house, writes Tara Cobham.
Simon and Tracey Bowler, who have children who are similar ages to the victims, spoke of how “emotional”, overwhelming” and “really sad” it was to hear of the three women’s deaths.
Drescribing the area as quiet and residential, Ms Bowler said she had lived in Bushey for more than a decade and knew John Hunt through the local gym.
Jane Dalton10 July 2024 22:15
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‘Gentle, beautiful souls’ remembered
A friend of the women who were killed in Bushey has remembered them as “beautiful souls”.
Su Kehinde, 60, who lives nearby, spoke after laying flowers at a makeshift tribute at the end of the police cordon.
Ms Kehinde said: “They were the loveliest, gentlest family.
“They were the meekest human beings. They did not deserve this. They were beautiful souls.”
Her daughter April, 32, said that Hannah “always had a smile”.
She added: “She was hard-working, a hard grafter and really gentle.”
Jane Dalton10 July 2024 21:00
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