Bushey crossbow killings: man held by police – latest updates

Sky News pictures appears to show Kyle Clifford being stretchered out of Lavender Hill Cemetery in Enfield after receiving medical treatment in the site, which is close to the suspect’s home.

Hertfordshire Police said it believes Kyle Clifford was known to the three victims.

Detective inspector Justine Jenkins from the Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire Major Crime Unit said: “Following extensive enquiries, the suspect has been located and nobody else is being sought in connection with the investigation at this time.

“We have had an overwhelming number of calls and would like to express our gratitude to the members of the public who have contacted us.

“We would still appeal for anyone with information or footage to please contact police directly and refrain from commenting on social media as this could affect the progress of the case.

“We have set up an information portal where people can submit any information, photos or video footage which they feel could assist us with our investigation.

“This incident will of course be of concern to local residents. Additional local officers will be in the area today so please do speak to them if you need to.”

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People in Bushey have been invited to pray and light candles at two churches: Parish Church of St James on the High Street, and at St Paul’s on Bushey Hall Road.

The Parish of Bushey said in a Facebook post: “We also remember the perpetrator who committed this act, that he may come forward to the police.”

Glyn Nicholas, 77, who has lived on the same road as the victims for 50 years said: “I knew of them, I said ‘hello’ to them and all that.

“I know one of the daughters because she’s our dog groomer. All our daughters had their dogs groomed with Louise. She knew my wife, but the other daughter I didn’t know at all.

“The father I said ‘hello’ to a couple of times, he’s a racing commentator and he does work for the BBC. He sometimes does Olympics but was mainly employed by Sky, at the races or presenting at the studio.”

Nicholas 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.

“They used to have a dog themselves and they used to be out and about walking their dog. I’d just say hello, never stopped and talked.

“A very close-knit family and they used to love the street. With his job they probably could have found a more salubrious house but they’d had a lot of work done on their house over the years. They had a groomer’s hut built for the dogs in the garden. I believe they had another daughter who lives away.”

Armed police officers and ambulance staff have swarmed a cemetery close to where a house was searched in Enfield, north London, the PA news agency reported.

The cemetery has been closed off and an air ambulance was seen nearby.

Footage posted on social media appeared to show emergency services rushing towards a cemetery in the Hilly Fields area of Enfield, north London, as the manhunt for Kyle Clifford continued.

Armed police could also be seen in the video, but Hertfordshire Police said they were unable to confirm whether they had narrowed their search for the triple murder suspect to the area.

A resident in Rendlesham Road, Bushey, said around a dozen police officers searched a nearby house on Wednesday morning.

He said: “It was quite the shock seeing all the guns and dogs, the road went from quiet to manic out of nowhere.

“They were shouting ‘armed police’ and pointing their guns so it was clearly quite a serious matter.

“I don’t really know who lives there, I’ve never seen the guy the police are after.”

The colleagues of a BBC racing commentator have offered their love and thoughts after the crossbow murders of his wife and two daughters.

John Hunt, who has worked for BBC Radio 5 Live for around 20 years, was described as an “outstanding commentator and broadcaster” by those sending their sympathies.

A note sent to Hunt’s colleagues at BBC Radio 5 Live on Wednesday said the organisation would provide the commentator with “all the support we can”.

It read: “The news today about John Hunt’s family is utterly devastating.

“Our thoughts are with John and his family at this incredibly difficult time and we will provide him with all the support we can.”

BBC racing correspondent Cornelius Lysaght said: “There are no words.

“Like everyone else I feel numb and sick on John’s behalf at such incomprehensible evil.

“Everyone who knows John knows he is the absolute archetypal family man, so proud of them, so it’s impossible to know what he can be going through.

“But I know I’m speaking for the whole racing community and the whole wider sports media community as well, both of which he’s been part of for so long, when I say everyone is sending sympathy, love and support to him. It’s just awful.”

ITV and Sky Sports Racing commentator Matt Chapman said: “News like this is shocking enough but on a personal level even more so when it involves a friend and colleague you totally respect.

“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.”

A statement from Sky Sports Racing read: “Everyone at Sky Sports Racing is deeply saddened by the tragic deaths in Hertfordshire and our thoughts are with our colleague John Hunt, his family and friends at this awful time.”

The two other victims in the triple murder are sisters Hannah Hunt, 28, and Louise Hunt, 25, the BBC reported.

They were killed on Tuesday along with their mother Carol Hunt, 61, who is the wife of the BBC racing commentator John Hunt.

The couple also have a third daughter.