Later that evening, a police press conference in Whitehaven announced that 12 people had been killed, that a further 11 people were injured, three of them critically, and that the suspect had killed himself.
Später am Abend ließ die Polizei auf einer Pressekonferenz in Whitehaven verlauten, dass zwölf Personen erschossen worden seien, weitere elf Personen verletzt seien und dass der Verdächtige sich selbst gerichtet habe.