Everything We Know So Far About the Shooting of UK MP Jo Cox

MP Jo Cox in 2015. Photo by Yui Mok via PA Wire/Press Association Images

Jo Cox, a member of Parliament in the UK's Labour Party, has died. She was shot and stabbed in her constituency in West Yorkshire, England. Here's what we know so far:

• At around 12:53 PM, Cox was shot and stabbed near the Birstall library, where she was meeting with voters for her weekly constituent meeting. It's unclear how many times she was shot at this stage, but one eyewitness told the BBC she was shot three times. After the attack, she was taken by air ambulance to Leeds General Infirmary. Armed police have been stationed outside the hospital.
• A 52-year-old man has been arrested near Birstall in West Yorkshire in connection with the shooting, police have said. He has been named locally as Tommy Mair. Police are searching his house.

• Believed to be moment of arrest of man involved in
  
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