Man shot dead on Shankill rd

[Gaoth Dobhair Abu]

According to the radio he's dead!


Man shot on Shankill Road
 
28/05/2010 - 13:54:17
A man was shot on the Shankill Road in Belfast today, police said.

The shooting in the staunchly loyalist area of the city was reported to officers shortly after 1pm.

Police said the extent of the man's injuries were not known.

Officers were at the scene.


Read more: http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/man-shot-on-shankill-road-459486.html#ixzz0pELTvi7i

[Ulick]

Eamon Mallie is saying he was hit with a "burst of gunfire". Could be reading too much into it but that sounds like an automatic weapon, which up here would point to paramilitaries. 

[Gaoth Dobhair Abu]

Eamon Mallie is saying he was hit with a "burst of gunfire". Could be reading too much into it but that sounds like an automatic weapon, which up here would point to paramilitaries.

News stated that it was a burst of gunfire as well.
Seemingly shot in the head a number of times while crossing the street at Snugville st.

[DirtyDozen12]

Drug related?

[orangeman]

RTE NEWS

A man has been shot dead on the Shankill Road in Belfast today.

The victim, believed to be in his mid 40s, was shot in the staunchly loyalist area shortly before 1pm.

The busy road was packed with lunchtime shoppers when the attack took place.

Eyewitnesses said masked gunmen shot him in the head.

Police have not yet disclosed a motive for today's shooting.








BBC NEWS

Man is injured in city shooting



A man has been injured in a shooting on the Shankill Road in Belfast, police have said.

The incident was reported to police shortly after 1300 BST on Friday.

Police are at the scene and have cordoned off the area. The extent of the man's injuries is not known.

The man has been taken to the Royal Victoria Hospital. Police are advising motorists to avoid the mid section of the Shankill Road.

[Ulick]

He has been named as Bobby Moffat. Looks like a loyalist feud:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/may/28/loyalist-paramilitary-shot-dead-belfast

[Ulick]

"De mortuis nil nisi bonum dicendum est", as Mr Trainor used to instruct us.

[DownFanatic]

Cue Sunday World 16 page Loyalist ParaMafia special this weekend...

[Tony Baloney]

Eamon Mallie is saying he was hit with a "burst of gunfire". Could be reading too much into it but that sounds like an automatic weapon, which up here would point to paramilitaries.

What is Mallie's condition now?

[Orior]

Eamon Mallie is saying he was hit with a "burst of gunfire". Could be reading too much into it but that sounds like an automatic weapon, which up here would point to paramilitaries.

What is Mallie's condition now?

This is a serious subject but... lol

[mylestheslasher]

Eamon Mallie is saying he was hit with a "burst of gunfire". Could be reading too much into it but that sounds like an automatic weapon, which up here would point to paramilitaries.

What is Mallie's condition now?

[5 Sams]

According to the radio he's dead!


Man shot on Shankill Road
 
28/05/2010 - 13:54:17
A man was shot on the Shankill Road in Belfast today, police said.

The shooting in the staunchly loyalist area of the city was reported to officers shortly after 1pm.

Police said the extent of the man's injuries were not known.

Officers were at the scene.


Read more: http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/man-shot-on-shankill-road-459486.html#ixzz0pELTvi7i

I feel sorrier for Gary Coleman TBH.

[Down South]

According to the radio he's dead!


Man shot on Shankill Road
 
28/05/2010 - 13:54:17
A man was shot on the Shankill Road in Belfast today, police said.

The shooting in the staunchly loyalist area of the city was reported to officers shortly after 1pm.

Police said the extent of the man's injuries were not known.

Officers were at the scene.


Read more: http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/man-shot-on-shankill-road-459486.html#ixzz0pELTvi7i

I feel sorrier for Gary Coleman TBH.

Different strokes for different folks.

[mylestheslasher]

I expect that means one of the loyalist groups have now broken their ceasefire.

[Down South]

No claim, no blame.