A Garda witness to the shooting of Mr John Carthy has told the Barr tribunal that Mr Carthy stopped walking in the direction of Abbeylara after he had been shot for the first time by members of the Emergency Response Unit.
The 27-year-old manic depressive was shot four times from behind by ERU gardaí outside his home at Abbeylara in April 2000 after he came out on to the public road carrying a loaded gun.
The ERU has claimed that Mr Carthy continued to walk forward carrying his weapon until the final shot hit him.
Garda Stephen Connolly was positioned at the corner of the Burke house, nextdoor to Mr Carthy's house, at the time of the shooting. He said he thought he heard three shots, after which he saw Mr Carthy fall to the ground.
When asked if he saw any reaction from Mr Carthy between any of the shots, he said that he did not.
Counsel for the Carthy family, Mr Peter Mullan, said that the ERU member who fired the fatal shot had claimed in his statement to the tribunal that Mr Carthy continued to walk forward after he was shot three times.
Garda Aidan McCabe said Mr Carthy had been shot twice in the left thigh, but continued to walk towards armed and unarmed gardaí in "a menacing and purposeful manner".
Garda McCabe then fired a shot higher up the injured man's body, but he did not stop walking until a fourth and final shot hit his torso, the statement read.
Mr Mullen asked Garda Connolly if he agreed that steps had been taken between shots. "I did not see any steps," Garda Connolly replied.
Meanwhile, an unarmed garda who was guarding the back of the Carthy house on the night the siege began has said he was not told that Mr Carthy had a mental illness.
Garda Tom Judge told the tribunal that on his arrival in Abbeylara he was directed by Chief Supt Joe Shelly to the rear of the Carthy house. His duties were to contain Mr Carthy in his house and arrest him in a "controlled manner" if he left the house.
When asked by counsel for the tribunal, Mr Michael McGrath, what he had been told about Mr Carthy's mental health, Garda Judge said: "Nothing. I was not aware of his medical condition or anything further about him."
