Gardaí have launched a murder inquiry following the shooting of a man in north Dublin on Thursday evening.
Gardaí responded to the incident in Belclare Terrarce, Ballymun at 9pm, with a man in his 40s pronounced dead at the scene.
According to Gardaí, the man's body has been brought to the Dublin City Mortuary where a post-mortem examination will be carried out later today. A technical examination of the scene by the Garda Technical Bureau is currently underway.
The Irish Times reports the victim is an associate of some of the criminals involved in the Kinahan-Hutch feud.
However, while he was reportedly “a close associate of a member of the Kinahan cartel who was jailed recently for gun crime”, it is unclear if the shooting was linked to the feud in any way.
Local councillor Keith Connolly said the local community is in shock. “The death of any person is obviously very sad, and in the middle of a pandemic it’s much worse, when our emergency services are stretched to the max.
“I think the community will say that this is not what Ballymun is about, but yet again a small minority linked to gangland just don’t care about anyone else.”
Gardaí have set up an incident room at Ballymun Garda Station and are appealing for anyone with information in relation to the shooting to come forward.
They are particularly asking anyone who was in the Belclare Terrace and Belclare Park areas between 8pm and 9.15pm on Thursday evening, or those with camera footage (such as dash cam footage) to contact gardaí at Ballymun Garda Station on 01 666 4400, the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111, or any garda station.
