Girl ‘shot in the head’ by father found dead nearby

A young girl was fighting for her life in hospital last night after it is believed she was shot in the head by her father — who then apparently killed himself.

Villagers in Northiam, near Rye, East Sussex, England, said the man turned up at his ex-partner’s home before opening fire at about 4pm.

Armed officers who went to the scene, amid reports the gunman was at large, found a man’s body in a car parked outside.