Man killed in Dundalk shooting
A 35-year-old man has been killed and a man in his 30s arrested following a shooting in Co Louth in the early hours of this morning.
The incident happened at Cluain Ard, Lis Na Dara in Dundalk after a taxi pulled up to a house in the estate shortly before 4am.
The vehicle was approached by a lone male who fired a number of gunshots into the car. A 35-year-old man sitting in the back seat was fatally injured.
The other occupants - the 48-year-old male driver and a 21-year-old female front seat passenger - received injuries but they are not believed to be life-threatening.
They were taken to Our Lady of Lourdes hospital to be treated.
A short time later a 32-year-old male presented himself at Carrickmacross Garda Station where he was arrested.
He is being detained under section 50 of The Criminal Justice Act.
