10/12/2013

Tullamore Shooting - Man Released Without Charge

A man arrested in connection with a shooting incident in Tullamore on Sunday night has been released without charge.

The arrest followed an shooting incident outside a house in Cluain Darach, Tullamore at about 19:00 on Sunday evening in which a male in his 30s and a female in her 20s were injured.

The gunman escaped in a waiting car and the injured male and female were taken to the Midland Regional Hospital at Tullamore.

A vehicle was later found burned out near Durrow, Co. Offaly.

Gardai from Tullamore arrested a male in his early 20s in the Offaly area yesterday morning. He has now been released without charge.

(IT/CD)

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