A man has been arrested following a number of violent incidents in Tallaght, Co Dublin.
A number of cars were stolen and a man was injured during the course of events which began early this morning.
Confirmed: suspect involved in this morning's incidents in Tallaght has just been arrested in Citywest
— Stephanie Grogan (@StephGrogan3) October 23, 2017
Events began to unfold at around 6 this morning when a man in his 30s had a fight with his girlfriend in Brookview.
He then took her car, crashed it, stole another car and crashed that one too.
It’s understood the suspect then made his way into the Watergate housing estate in Tallaght where he broke into a house.
There - he punched a man with the end of what appeared to be a machine gun and stole his car.
Scene in Citywest this afternoon where suspect involved in a number of violent incidents in Tallaght has been arrested pic.twitter.com/yo6bgohcnO
— Stephanie Grogan (@StephGrogan3) October 23, 2017
The same suspect is then believed to have stolen two more cars on the Naas road before gardai spotted him heading into the Citywest Shopping Centre this afternoon.
There, the suspect jumped out of a car and a foot chase ensued across the shopping centre’s car park.
The man was eventually arrested in the past hour bringing to an end a dramatic eight hours here in Tallaght.
He’s been brought to Tallaght Garda Station for questioning and a firearm has been recovered.
Man was arrested after garda chased him when he ran from this car. pic.twitter.com/ZSsOwQeLAJ
— Stephanie Grogan (@StephGrogan3) October 23, 2017
