Prince Charles to visit British community where shooting rampage claimed 12 lives
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}LONDON (AP) — Buckingham Palace says Prince Charles will visit the community in northern England where a shooting rampage claimed 12 lives last week.
The palace says the prince hopes to show support and sympathy for the victims of 52-year-old Derrick Bird, who killed many as he drove across rural Cumbria and fired shots out of his car.
It was Britain's worst mass shooting in more than a decade and shocked a country where firearms are tightly controlled and gun crime is rare.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Memorial services were held Wednesday across Cumbria and the first funeral is planned for Thursday.
The prince is thought to be particularly attached to Cumbria, a mountainous, lake-dotted county which he visits every year.