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10/12/2009
More Arrests Over Fatal Limerick Shooting
Eight people are now being questioned by Gardaí over the fatal shooting of a man in Co Limerick on Tuesday night.
The victim - named in reports as Danny Fitzgerald, 24 - was shot a number of times on the main Tipperary Road outside Limerick city around 9.30pm on Tuesday.
Four people - three women and a man - were arrested in a follow-up operation after the shooting, during which a house close to the scene was searched.
A second man was arrested on Wednesday afternoon and three other men were arrested later, bringing the total number of people arrested to eight.
The scene of the shooting remains sealed off.
Gardaí said that they are keeping an open mind about the motive for the killing and have appealed for witnesses to come forward.
(KMcA/BmcC)
The victim - named in reports as Danny Fitzgerald, 24 - was shot a number of times on the main Tipperary Road outside Limerick city around 9.30pm on Tuesday.
Four people - three women and a man - were arrested in a follow-up operation after the shooting, during which a house close to the scene was searched.
A second man was arrested on Wednesday afternoon and three other men were arrested later, bringing the total number of people arrested to eight.
The scene of the shooting remains sealed off.
Gardaí said that they are keeping an open mind about the motive for the killing and have appealed for witnesses to come forward.
(KMcA/BmcC)
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