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CUMBRIA taxi driver Derrick Bird shot his twin brother 11 times in his bedroom before going on to gun down 11 other victims, an inquest into their deaths has heard.

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The family of gunman Derrick Bird were tonight struggling to understand what turned the quiet taxi driver into a mass killer.

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Derrick Bird was licensed to own the two guns he used to murder 12 people in a three-hour rampage apparently sparked by a family feud, it was revealed today.

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