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| County Down: police name man shot dead in Warrenpoint | County Down: police name man shot dead in Warrenpoint |
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| A man shot dead in an attack that also left a woman with gunshot wounds fighting for her life has been named by police. | A man shot dead in an attack that also left a woman with gunshot wounds fighting for her life has been named by police. |
| Wayne Boylan, 37 and a father of two, was gunned down by two men in a property in Warrenpoint, County Down, Northern Ireland, on Friday evening. | |
| The woman, 21, was also shot and is in a critical condition. It is believed she was injured by pellets from the blasts. | |
| Police are appealing for information about the shooting, in which they believe a shotgun was used. They said the motive for the attack was unclear. | |
| The shooting happened near a golf club in a middle-class area of the small town, which is close to the border with Ireland. | The shooting happened near a golf club in a middle-class area of the small town, which is close to the border with Ireland. |
| DCI Geoff Boyce said: “Wayne was enjoying an evening with friends at his friend’s home in Lower Dromore Road when two cold-blooded killers burst into the house at around 7.30pm. | |
| “The pair, who were masked, fired at Wayne with what police believe to be a shotgun, striking him in the head and fatally injuring him. He died at the scene. Pellets from the blasts also struck Wayne’s friend, a 21-year-old female, in the face and neck. She has undergone emergency surgery in hospital and remains critically ill in intensive care. | |
| “At this time no clear motive for the attack on Wayne has been identified, and today I am appealing directly to those who may have information about his murder. Do you know the people involved? Please tell us what you know.” | |
| South Down assembly member Sinéad Ennis also appealed for information. | South Down assembly member Sinéad Ennis also appealed for information. |
| “The community of Warrenpoint are shocked and stunned by this news,” the Sinn Féin representative said. | “The community of Warrenpoint are shocked and stunned by this news,” the Sinn Féin representative said. |
| “Our first thoughts are with the family of the victim. The PSNI [Police Service of Northern Ireland] have the area sealed off and I would appeal to anyone with information to bring it forward to assist the investigation.” | “Our first thoughts are with the family of the victim. The PSNI [Police Service of Northern Ireland] have the area sealed off and I would appeal to anyone with information to bring it forward to assist the investigation.” |
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