Gardaí say every effort is being made to protect the people of Drogheda, after a man was shot dead yesterday afternoon.
Keith Brannigan died after he was shot a number of times outside a mobile home in Clogherhead.
It happened at a caravan park in the seaside village of Clogherhead shortly before three o'clock.
Keith Brannigan was shot a number of times as he worked on the decking of a mobile home at the front of the caravan park.
The scene of the first fatal shooting in the Drogheda drug feud.
Keith Branigan was in the middle of building a deck when he was shot dead in the seaside village of Clogherhead pic.twitter.com/Oq7dBlOEGT
— Kacey O'Riordan (@KaceyORiordan) August 28, 2019
The 29 year old is the first fatality in the ongoing gang feud in Drogheda.
The victim is said to be a close associate of a leading gang figure.
Gardaí have logged over 90 incidents relating to the feud to date, including 2 attempted murders and a number of petrol bomb attacks.
Supt. Andrew Watters says yesterday shooting in Louth was particularly callous for being carried out in the presence of children enjoying the last few days of their summer holidays pic.twitter.com/6n9XysBvQm
— Kacey O'Riordan (@KaceyORiordan) August 28, 2019
The gunman left the scene in a 05 red Lexus which was later found burnt out in Dunleer.
