Post mortem due on body of Bray shooting victim

A post mortem is due to be carried out today on the body of the 53-year-old man shot dead in Co Wicklow on Wednesday night.

A post mortem is due to be carried out today on the body of the 53-year-old man shot dead in Co Wicklow on Wednesday night.

Vincent O'Brien, a small-time drug dealer, was shot several times in the face and upper body at his home in Kilbride Grove in Bray.

Gardaí say there was no evidence of a break-in, suggesting that the victim may have known his killer.

Detectives are examining a number of lines of inquiry, but one possibility under investigation is that the murder was revenge for a recent assault on a more senior criminal in the area.

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