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19th Sep 2019

Man arrested in investigation into fatal shooting in Mayo released without charge

Conor Heneghan

Dublin

A man in his 60s died as a result of the incident on Tuesday night.

Gardaí in Castlebar investigating the fatal shooting of a man at Aghamore, Ballyhaunis, Co. Mayo on Tuesday (17 September) have released without charge a man in his 80s arrested in connection with the incident.

A man in his 60s, named locally as Brendan Kilduff, was fatally injured as a result of the shooting. It is being treated by An Garda Síochána as a tragic incident.

A file will be prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions.

A post-mortem has been completed, but the results will not be released for operational reasons.

Investigations are ongoing.

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