Tuesday’s Attack Victims Identified: Barnaby Webber and Grace Kumar Revealed as Two of the Victims.
According to the police, the individual responsible for the assaults in Nottingham is believed to have taken possession of the white van by force from his third stabbing victim. Subsequently, he proceeded to drive the vehicle into unsuspecting individuals in the city center.
Tragically, the lifeless bodies of Barnaby Webber and Grace Kumar, both 19-year-old students, were discovered on Ilkeston Road. Additionally, a man in his 50s was found deceased on Magdala Road.
In a statement, Nottinghamshire Police Chief Constable Kate Meynell expressed her views: “At the moment, we believe that the suspect has stolen this man’s vehicle and driven it to Milton Street, where he is then driven at members of the public.”
The suspect deliberately crashed the van into three victums, resulting in one person being in critical condition and requiring hospitalization, while the other two sustained minor injuries.
Ms Meynell said: “The van was then stopped on Maple Street, where a man was tasered and detained by police officers on suspicion of murder.”
The family of a 19-year-old victim who tragically lost their life in Nottingham has expressed their “complete devastation” in response to the shocking loss.
In a statement issued on Wednesday morning, Webber’s parents David and Emma, and younger brother Charlie, paid tribute to their “beautiful, brilliant, bright” son and brother, a talented cricketer studying at the University of Nottingham.
“Complete devastation is not enough to describe our pain and loss at the senseless murder of our son,” said the family from Taunton, Somerset.
“Barnaby Philip John Webber was a beautiful, brilliant, bright young man, with everything in life to look forward to. A talented and passionate cricketer, who was over the moon to have made selection to his university cricket team.
“At 19 he was just at the start of his journey into adulthood and was developing into a wonderful young man. As parents we are enormously proud of everything he achieved and all the plans he had made.
“His brother is bereft beyond belief, and at this time we ask for privacy as a family to be allowed time to process and grieve. We will not be making any further statements, particularly in relation to the police investigation.
The family said they were “so proud” to release photographs of their loved one, who they described as “an amazing son, brother, grandson, nephew and friend”.
They added: “Thank you for your understanding, and to everyone who has supported us in this awful journey so far.”
Taunton-based Bishops Hull Cricket Club paid tribute to Webber as a “dear friend” and “key part” of the club as it invited family and friends to lay flowers and pay their respects at the club. Former England cricket captain Michael Vaughan also paid tribute, describing him as a “young cricketer gone far too soon”.