11/10/2007

Three Freed After Limerick Shooting

Three people arrested in connection with the murder of a man in Limerick city earlier this week have been released without charge.

Gary Grant, 25, was shot outside his home in St Ita's Street in the St Mary's Park area around 10:15pm on Monday night. He was taken to the Mid-Western Regional Hospital, but died on arrival.

A 20-year-old man was arrested shortly after the shooting and is being held at Henry Street garda station. An elderly couple - and 81-year-old man and a woman in her 70s - was arrested on Tuesday night.

Gardaí also discovered a handgun and a loaded magazine during follow-up searches in St Mary's Park on Tuesday afternoon.

All three people have now been released without charge and files are being prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions.

(KMcA)


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