Garda shot dead.

Harry Bosch.

News just coming in that a Garda has been shot dead on Omeath, Co Louth.

POGAN

Rip to brave member


Ar dheis de go raibh a hanam

Shield

Confirmed on the RTE News site here.

Gardaí are investigating an incident in Co Louth this evening during which a member of the gardaí and at least one other person were shot dead.

The garda shot dead was a father of three, aged in his 30s. A second man was also shot dead.

The incident happened just after 6pm at an area known as The Bush, on the Cooley Peninsula near Carlingford in Co Louth.

It is understood the incident happened after gardaí responded to a domestic dispute at a house on the Cooley Peninsula.

Members from Omeath Garda Station arrived at the scene, shots were fired and a garda was fatally injured.

It is understood a woman shot at the scene has been taken to hospital where her condition is described as stable.

The scene has now been preserved pending a forensic examination and the arrival of a state pathologist.

May he RIP.

Avada

RIP

Shield

Mod note:

We're very aware that other boards.ie forums will have a similar thread about this awful incident, but a lot of ES personnel on here only visit the ES family of forums, and given that it's a serving Garda who lost his life, it warrants its own thread here.

Thanks.

-Shield.

Stheno

RIP, and sincere condolences to their family and friends.

Always feel shocked when a member of our ES loses their life in the course of duty.

josephryan1989

Latest reports I read so far suggest the shooter was a dissident republican who shot an unarmed Garda who was questioning him, then shot his wife dead and then took his own life.

davycc

Where did you get that report from?
Obviously rip to the poor guard involved and the other
Two victims

josephryan1989 wrote: »

Latest reports I read so far suggest the shooter was a dissident republican who shot an unarmed Garda who was questioning him, then shot his wife dead and then took his own life.

Duke O Smiley

RIP to the Guard and others, however many. An absolute shame

ODEON123

Awful stuff RIP

delly

RIP. Two brave members losing their lives so near to each other and in such a short passage of time is a heavy burden. My sympathies to his family and to his colleagues in AGS.

KERSPLAT!

RIP

Green Peter

Rip, so sad, what a tragedy for his family and colleagues

Zambia

"Rule no 1, everyone comes home"

Condolences to his unit, friends and Family.

Terrontress

Absolutely shocking. A fella doing his job. Nothing more. Nobody deserves that.

Little CuChulainn

R.I.P.

sjb25

R.I.P

josephryan1989

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

RIP to the Guard and others, however many. An absolute shame

RIP to the Garda.

His murderer can rot.

Wanderer78

rip

davycc

Rip that both families caught up in the tragedy . The only positive that can come from this is hoping the mother in hospital will pull through 100%

belacqua_

Devastating, such sad news, sincerest condolences to his family and friends.

Devastating.
RIP

HeidiHeidi

There's a "book of condolences" on rip.ie if anyone wants to leave their sympathies there.

Penny Dreadful

Its really really sad news. I can't stop thinking about him, his family and all of the people he worked with.
My Dad was a Guard and while he suffered some injuries (riots in Portlaoise, etc) while at work he always made it home thankfully.
My cousin was shot and killed in the line a number of years ago and it just devestated his family. It was such a sad and tragic event.

You never think when you go to work that its going to happen to you.

All of my thoughts are with his wife and children.

The Black Oil

What more can be said, really?

Penny Dreadful

The Black Oil wrote: »

What more can be said, really?

Nothing, it says it all.

Niall Carroll posted this on Facebook.

Zambia

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Niall Carroll posted this on Facebook.

Awesome turn out, well done.

Terrontress

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Niall Carroll posted this on Facebook.

The least that could be done for the man.

Green Peter

His colleagues certainly did him proud, RIP.

KingBrian2

Incredible scenes.

efb

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