Drive-by shooting 'could be linked to family feud'
09/03/2006 - 09:51:29A drive-by shooting in west Belfast may be linked to a bitter family feud that has already left one dead, it was claimed today.
Wayne McComb, 18, was shot in the leg as he walked along the Whiterock Road, shortly after 8am.
It is understood his family moved out of the nearby Ballymurphy area last week after their home was attacked.
Local sources said the Police Service of Northern Ireland also warned the teenager that a death threat had been issued against him.
Mr McComb, whose sister was killed by a joyrider, has been taken to the city’s Royal Victoria Hospital. His injuries are not believed to be life-threatening.
Tensions have been running high in the Ballymurphy area since father-of-six Gerard Devlin was murdered last month.
He was stabbed to death as he picked up his children in Whitecliff Parade.
There have been a number of arson attacks on homes and several death threats have been issued.
On the latest incident, a source said: “The talk is that it is like the Devlin case in that he left the area and was attacked when he returned.”
McComb’s sister, Debbie, 15, was knocked down and killed by a stolen car on the Springfield Road in March 2002.
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