The father of a drug dealer watched as his son was fatally shot four times in the chest, an inquest heard yesterday.
Mark Glennon (32) was shot dead by a lone gunman in the garden of his home at Hazelwood Crescent, Hartstown, Dublin, on September 7th, 2005, five months after his brother was also murdered in a gangland shooting. Glennon’s family was not at the Dublin City Coroner’s Court.
Supt Colm Fox said gardaí had questioned four people but had insufficient evidence for a prosecution. The file remained open. The jury returned a verdict of unlawful killing by a person unknown.
Glennon, a father of one, had been hiding out in his home having been notified by gardaí that someone had made threats on his life. State pathologist Prof Marie Cassidy found that he had been shot four times in the torso, with lacerations to the lungs, heart and liver leading to his death.