Gardaí are continuing to question a 24-year-old man in connection with the fatal shooting of another man in the front garden of a house in Kilrush, Co Clare.
Leslie Kenny (27) was shot at O’Gorman St in the town at about 10.30am yesterday.
It is believed that Mr Kenny suffered four gunshot wounds from a licensed double barrel shotgun. The weapon has been recovered by gardaí.
Gardaí believe that Mr Kenny went to the home of the suspect in the case as part of a dispute between the two that has been continuing for the past two weeks.
A woman contacted gardaí at about 10.30am to say that there was a struggle going on in the garden of a house in O’Gorman Street between two men. When gardaí arrived they discovered Mr Kenny’s body in the garden.
A man presented himself at Kilrush Garda station shortly afterwards. He was arrested under Section 30 of the Offences Against the State Act and can be held up to three days.
A known drug user, Mr Kenny had 48 previous convictions – mainly for minor offences – and had only recently come out of prison.