Gardaí confirm man was shot in head
A man killed in Dublin’s latest gangland-style killing died from a gunshot wound to the head, gardaí confirmed tonight.
The 30-year-old was identified as a man from the Finglas area where his body was found, but his name was not yet released.
His murder in the early hours of this morning was the second violent death in the city in just over 24 hours.
Gardaí investigating the shooting believe that a stolen car found in Finglas, north Dublin, at around 1am may be connected to the death.
It is believed that there were bloodstains in the white Mitsubishi and the man may have been shot inside it then left at the side of the road.
He was found dead on a roadside at round 5.30am, sparking a major murder hunt in the area.
Detectives still had no motive for the crime, which bore all the hallmarks of a gangland-style killing.
So far this year there have been more than 30 violent deaths in the State, and around a dozen gangland killings.
The murder came just a day after two other fatal shootings.
John Ryan was gunned down by two men on a motorcycle in Limerick as he carried out work on a patio on Monday evening, sparking fears of an escalation of a violent family feud between the Ryan and Keane families.
Just hours later a 35-year-old man was shot dead in Tallaght, Dublin.
Three men called to a house on the Balrothery estate and asked for the victim by name. When he came to the door the man was shot several times.
Tonight detectives appealed for members of the public to report any suspicious behaviour in the Dunsink Lane area, where the body of the latest victim was found.
