Man dies in hospital after Newry shooting

A man, 20, has died in hospital following a shooting in a nationalist area of Newry in Co Down last night.

A man, 20, has died in hospital following a shooting in a nationalist area of Newry in Co Down last night.

Johnny Graham was shot in his car as he was parking outside his home at Ardcarne Park shortly before 1.00am.

He was brought to Newry's Daisy Hill Hospital before being transferred to the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast, where he died this morning.

The PSNI said the shooting was one of at three shootings in the area last night. Shots were also fired at a house in the same street and in nearby Parkhead Crescent.

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Police believe the shootings may be related.

Detectives have set up an incident room at Ardmore police station in Newry as they try to find a motive. They are considering the possibility Mr Graham may have been the victim of a developing turf war over the control of drugs.