Gardaí believes his eldest son was shot multiple times

Gardaí, who is investigating an alleged murder-suicide that claimed the lives of three members of the same family, is satisfied after post-mortem examinations that one of the three men was shot several times.

Assistant state pathologist Dr. Margot Bolster completed an autopsy Wednesday afternoon on the remains of Mark O’Sullivan, 26, who was shot while lying in bed at the family home in Assolas, Kanturk, nearby from Castlemagner, around 6.40am on Monday. .

Gardaí is not releasing the results of Dr. Bolster’s autopsy for operational reasons, but it is understood that they are satisfied that Mark suffered a series of gunshot wounds when one or possibly two attackers shot him from the door of his room.

His father, Tadhg O’Sullivan (59), and his brother, Diarmuid (23), were found dead with a single shot to the head in about four fields of the hamlet isolated more than five hours later by Gardaí, in which investigating officers I think it was a suicide pact between the two men.

However, Garda sources say they will not be able to say definitively until they receive a report from Garda technical experts on two .22 rifles, found alongside Tadhg and Diarmuid O’Sullivan in the field, whether one or both men were involved. in operation. murder of Mark O’Sullivan.

They hope that technical experts can identify who used which rifle from the fingerprints and DNA evidence found on the weapons, and that ballistics experts can tell which bullets recovered from Mark O’Sullivan’s body came from which weapon or weapons.

According to Garda sources, it may take several weeks before these forensic and ballistic reports are available to indicate who exactly was responsible for the murder of Mark O’Sullivan in his room at the traditional farmhouse about 7 km from Kanturk.

Gardaí has ​​spoken informally with Tadhg O’Sullivan’s wife, Ann O’Sullivan, but they are waiting until she feels ready to make a formal and detailed statement about the incident that claimed the lives of her husband and their two sons.

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