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Manhunt for suspect in UK crossbow triple-murder ends as police capture Army vet Kyle Clifford, 26, who is accused of killing the wife and two daughters of a BBC sports journalist

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-9714aa0cf30339f41760c78892f18876" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;221c1c&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Police In Hertfordshire UK&comma; on Wednesday announced the arrest of the suspect in the crossbow murders of the wife and two daughters of BBC racing commentator John Hunt <&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-e2a9e1f0d20da69006ad6fff26e6860c" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;221c1c&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Officers found <strong>found Kyle Clifford&comma; 26 <&sol;strong>at a cemetery in Enfield&comma; north London&comma; following a huge manhunt that lasted most of Wednesday <&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c15f41fa86cd4bb02f5ff54b87584e4e" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;221c1c&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Clifford&comma; who left the British Army in 2022 following a brief period of service&comma; was wanted over the deaths of Carol Hunt&comma; 61&comma; as well as her two daughters&comma; Hannah&comma; 28&comma; and Louise&comma; 25 <&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-a1a755dba121ef4de631db481f8e3cd4" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;221c1c&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>The three women were found with serious injuries after officers were called to a property in Bushey on Tuesday evening <&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-543fd5397718e2d39343c9e9093f2414" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;221c1c&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Clifford who is known to the Hunt family having dated Louise Hunt in the past&comma; was captured on CCTV leaving the area with a covered object that looks like a crossbow <&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-dacc944e6544be1f8b29ed5ca21d84bc" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;221c1c&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>He is in custody&comma; receiving medical treatment for injuries&comma; Hertfordshire police said<&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2024&sol;07&sol;Kyle-Clifford-5&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-464448" style&equals;"width&colon;845px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Police in London&comma;UK&comma; after a 24 manhunt arrested Kyle Clifford&comma; &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; the man suspected of the crossbow murders of the wife and two daughters of BBC racing commentator John Hunt at their home in Bushey&comma; Hertfordshire on Tuesday night<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Armed police have found the man suspected of the crossbow murders of the wife and two daughters of BBC racing commentator John Hunt&period;<br>Officers and paramedics had rushed to a cemetery in Enfield&comma; north London&comma; following a huge manhunt that lasted most of Wednesday for Kyle Clifford&comma; 26&period; <br>The suspect was found in the Enfield area and was treated for injuries&comma; police said&period; Hertfordshire Police said their officers did not fire any shots&period;<br>Clifford&comma; who left the British Army in 2022 following a brief period of service&comma; was wanted over the deaths of Carol Hunt&comma; 61&comma; and the couple’s two daughters&comma; Hannah&comma; 28&comma; and Louise&comma; 25&period; <br>Clifford reportedly&comma; was the ex-boyfriend of one of the victims&comma; Hunt&&num;8217&semi;s younger daughter&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2024&sol;07&sol;Louise-Hunt-leftwith-her-mom-Carol-Hunt-center-and-sister-Hannah-Hunt-right-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-464417"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Clifford&comma; was wanted over the deaths of Carol Hunt&comma; &lbrack;center&rsqb;&comma; 61&comma; as well as her daughters&comma; Louise&comma; &lbrack;left&rsqb;&comma; and Hannah&comma; &lbrack;right&rsqb;&period; The women were attacked at their home in Bushey&comma; Hertfordshire in the UK on Tuesday<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2024&sol;07&sol;Louise-Hunt-and-Kyle-Clifford-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-464433"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Triple-murder suspect Kyle Clifford &lbrack;right&rsqb;&comma; allegedly killed ex-girlfriend Louise Hunt&comma; &lbrack;left&rsqb;&comma; along with her mom and older sister Hannah<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">The three women were found with serious injuries after officers were called to a property in Bushey on Tuesday evening&period; Responding police officers arrived at Ashlyn Close&comma; Bushey&comma; just before 7pm on Tuesday after neighbors heard screams in the quiet cul-de-sac&period;<br>Inside&comma; they found three seriously injured women&period; Eventually the three family members were pronounced dead at the scene&period;<br>During the manhunt&comma; the force said they believed Clifford may have been armed with a crossbow and warned the public not to approach him&period;<br>Home secretary Yvette Cooper said she was being kept fully updated about the &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;truly shocking” deaths&period;<br>A Home Office spokeswoman said Ms Cooper would consider the findings of a call for evidence on crossbows to see whether laws need to be tightened further&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2024&sol;07&sol;John-Hunt-with-his-wife-Carol-1-1024x677&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-464445"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>BBC sports commentator John Hunt &lbrack;left&rsqb; lost wife Carol as well as daughters Louise and Hannah in Clifford&&num;8217&semi;s crossbow attack<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2024&sol;07&sol;Image-of-a-crossbow-1-1024x676&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-464426"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Police said Clifford was armed with a crossbow like the one in the photo<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Police found Kyle Clifford&comma; 26&comma; in the Enfield area of north London late on Wednesday after a hunt lasting most of the day&period; <br>On Wednesday police announced that they found the suspect wanted over the killings of Carol Hunt and her daughters&comma; stating that the &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;man wanted in connection with a triple murder in Bushey had been traced to a location in North London”&period;<br>Following an extensive search&comma; Kyle Clifford was found in the Enfield area by officers Wednesday afternoon and was reported to be &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;receiving medical treatment having been found with injuries&period; No shots were fired by police&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2024&sol;07&sol;Hertfordshire-police-at-Hunt-family-home-after-fatal-Kyle-Clifford-attack-1-1024x676&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-464424"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Hertfordshire police forensic team collect evidence at the Hunt family home after fatal Kyle Clifford attack that left three women of the household dead<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Husband and father of the victims&comma; 20-year BBC veteran sportscaster John Hunt&comma; had been working been at Lingfield Park Racecourse in Surrey on Tuesday before returning home in the evening to the tragedy that had befallen his family&comma; the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;telegraph&period;co&period;uk&sol;news&sol;2024&sol;07&sol;10&sol;three-women-murdered-hertfordshire-manhunt-kyle-clifford1&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener">Telegraph<&sol;a> reported&period;<br>Footage from Tuesday appears to show a fugitive fleeing a home with a 3ft crossbow after allegedly killing a BBC star&&num;8217&semi;s wife and her two daughters&period;<br>The clip shows a man carrying the &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;huge” object under his right arm under a sheet as he strides from an alleyway leading to the home in Bushey&comma; Hertfordshire&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<iframe width&equals;"328" height&equals;"583" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;embed&sol;VTTxZGtANG4" title&equals;"Manhunt suspect Kyle Clifford &&num;39&semi;strides away from the triple murder scene with a 3ft crossbow&&num;39&semi;" frameborder&equals;"0" allow&equals;"accelerometer&semi; autoplay&semi; clipboard-write&semi; encrypted-media&semi; gyroscope&semi; picture-in-picture&semi; web-share" referrerpolicy&equals;"strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen><&sol;iframe>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Kyle Clifford seen in footage leaving the home carrying crossbow after attack on his victims<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">In the clip &&num;8211&semi; the man believed to be Kyle Clifford &&num;8211&semi; climbs into the black car and waits for 18 seconds before driving away West-bound on Bushey Grove Road towards&period;<br>The road is directly connected to the murder scene on Ashlyn Close by a pedestrian footpath&period;<br>The black Seat from the footage is believed to form  part of the ongoing investigation&period;<br><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;thesun&period;co&period;uk&sol;where&sol;hertfordshire&sol;">Hertfordshire Police<&sol;a> said&colon; &&num;8220&semi;A vehicle has been located and is being investigated&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2024&sol;07&sol;Kyle-Clifford-3&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-464435" style&equals;"width&colon;841px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>CCTV captured alleged killer&comma; Kyle Clifford&comma; carrying an object thought to be a 3ft crossbow<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2024&sol;07&sol;Kyle-Clifford-4-1024x575&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-464437"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>The man purported to be Clifford was seen heading towards a car still carrying the covered objec<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2024&sol;07&sol;Hertfordshire-cops-hunt-Kyle-Clifford-1-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-464427" style&equals;"width&colon;843px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Police secure crime scene in Hertfordshire County&period; The three women were found with fatal injuries after officers were called to a property in Bushey on Tuesday evening<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Family friends revealed that 28-year-old Hannah worked as a beautician while her younger sister Louise&comma; 25&comma; was a dog groomer&period;<br>Simon and Tracey Bowler&comma; neighbors in the quiet residential area&comma; who have children who are similar ages to the victims&comma; spoke of how &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;emotional”&comma; overwhelming” and &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;really sad” it was to hear of the family&&num;8217&semi;s tragedy&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2024&sol;07&sol;Hunt-family-home-in-Bushey-Hertfordshire-1-1024x681&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-464431"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Flowers left at the home where the tragedy happened in Bushey<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Reacting to the murders&comma; a British Home Office spokeswoman said&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We keep legislation under constant review and a call for evidence was launched earlier this year to look at whether further controls on crossbows should be introduced&period;<br>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The home secretary will swiftly consider the findings to see if laws need to be tightened further&period;”<br>The previous government had explored&comma; before abandoning the introduction of firearms licensing rules in the wake of a threat to kill late Queen Elizabeth&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2024&sol;07&sol;Hertfordshire-cops-hunt-Kyle-Clifford-2-1024x677&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-464439"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Police hunt the triple-murder suspect early Wednesday&comma; with the aid of drones and the K9 unit<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Clifford is from the Enfield area of London&period; <br>Hertfordshire Constabulary hunted overnight for the suspect&period; Detectives also issued a direct plea to Clifford to turn himself in to police on Wednesday&comma; warning members of the public not to approach the armed suspect&comma; considered dangerous&comma; instead they were advised to contact police&period;<br>Clifford&comma; who is said to be known to the Hunt family having dated one of the girls&comma; left the British Army in 2022 following a brief period of service&period; It is understood that he had been working in private security after leaving the army&period;<br>One of his former army commanders described Clifford as &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;immature for his age&comma;&&num;8221&semi; with &&num;8220&semi;a bit of a chip on his shoulder”&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;

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