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18/06/2009
Gang War Feared Over Latest Murder
Last night's fatal shooting in Dublin has sparked fears of a bloody 'turf-war' between rival drug gangs.
Gardaí at Coolock were called to the murder scene at approximately 7.30pm on Wednesday.
They said that a 20-year-old man was gunned down on a so-called 'halting site' in north Dublin's Grove Lane, off Malahide Road, and although he was removed to Beaumont Hospital, the victim died a short time later.
Overnight, the scene was preserved pending a full technical examination and investigations are ongoing.
However, now that he has been identified as known drug dealer, Thomas Joyce, fears were growing today that a feud between rival factions in Dublin would escalate.
He is in fact the 15th gun murder victim of the year and it has been reported that Mr Joyce - a member of the travelling community - was well known to gardaí and a member of a big, well-organised drug trafficking gang.
Earlier this year the Criminal Assets Bureau succeed in having two cars seized from the victim after the High Court found they were purchased from the proceeds of crime.
A large quantity of cocaine, cannabis, firearms and ammunition have also been recovered during raids in and around the halting site on Grove Lane on the Malahide Road in recent years.
It is understood Joyce had tried to outrun his killer as he was pursued by the gunman in a car at around 7.30pm.
A post mortem will be carried out today.
Forensic officers will also painstakingly search the crime scene for clues, while detectives try to establish an exact motive for the attack.
It has also emerged that Mr Joyce was murdered close to where the body of drug dealer David Fred Lynch was found in undergrowth on March 30.
It is believed the 26-year-old, from Ferrycarrig in Coolock, had been shot as part of a localised drugs feud.
Five weeks later his former associate, BJ Clarke, was gunned down after being targeted in an Artane underground car park.
The 21-year-old had also been shot in the leg the night before Lynch's killing.
(BMcC/NS)
Gardaí at Coolock were called to the murder scene at approximately 7.30pm on Wednesday.
They said that a 20-year-old man was gunned down on a so-called 'halting site' in north Dublin's Grove Lane, off Malahide Road, and although he was removed to Beaumont Hospital, the victim died a short time later.
Overnight, the scene was preserved pending a full technical examination and investigations are ongoing.
However, now that he has been identified as known drug dealer, Thomas Joyce, fears were growing today that a feud between rival factions in Dublin would escalate.
He is in fact the 15th gun murder victim of the year and it has been reported that Mr Joyce - a member of the travelling community - was well known to gardaí and a member of a big, well-organised drug trafficking gang.
Earlier this year the Criminal Assets Bureau succeed in having two cars seized from the victim after the High Court found they were purchased from the proceeds of crime.
A large quantity of cocaine, cannabis, firearms and ammunition have also been recovered during raids in and around the halting site on Grove Lane on the Malahide Road in recent years.
It is understood Joyce had tried to outrun his killer as he was pursued by the gunman in a car at around 7.30pm.
A post mortem will be carried out today.
Forensic officers will also painstakingly search the crime scene for clues, while detectives try to establish an exact motive for the attack.
It has also emerged that Mr Joyce was murdered close to where the body of drug dealer David Fred Lynch was found in undergrowth on March 30.
It is believed the 26-year-old, from Ferrycarrig in Coolock, had been shot as part of a localised drugs feud.
Five weeks later his former associate, BJ Clarke, was gunned down after being targeted in an Artane underground car park.
The 21-year-old had also been shot in the leg the night before Lynch's killing.
(BMcC/NS)
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