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A man killed in North Belfast on Tuesday was the target of a “vicious attack” while sitting in his car, police said.
Danny McLean (54), a man who was described as known to police, was shot multiple times on Cliftonville Road Tuesday night while sitting in a red Audi Q2.
Dissident Republicans are among the lines of investigation that detectives are considering.
Detective Superintendent Jason Murphy described the attack as “brutal and ruthless.”
“Danny didn’t deserve that, his family is clearly shocked by Danny’s brutal murder and the public can help us, I hope, try to piece together exactly what happened,” he said.
“Danny died after several shots were fired, it was not a single shot and it was not a random shot, it was very clearly a deliberate attack on the vehicle Danny was sitting in.
“Our thoughts are with Danny’s family, who are coming to terms with their loss.
“We will work tirelessly to seek justice for her murder and find the answers to her family’s many questions.”
Murphy said the murder investigation is progressing at a “significant rate.”
“We have deployed a significant number of our top investigation team officers today in recognition of the amount of work that needs to be done to secure the evidence that we believe may exist within the local community and in the Cliftonville Road and Clifton Gardens area. “, said.
Just before 8.15pm Tuesday night, the victim, Danny McLean, parked the car in the Cliftonville Road area and shortly after parking the car, a lone gunman approached from the Clifton Gardens area to the other Across the street, he fired a number of shots at Danny.
“Danny was killed at the scene and the gunman fled to Clifton Gardens.”
Murphy said he believes the community can help officers with a number of key questions.
“I am seeking the help of the public in this appeal to come to us and talk to us about things that they may have seen, heard or known, and I am specifically looking for people who were in the area of Cliftonville Road and Clifton Gardens on Tuesday. at night between 7.30pm and 8.30pm to talk to us.
“I’m looking forward to trying to piece together the events of Tuesday in full for Danny, to try to understand if any of that gives us a clue as to how he was attacked and by whom he was attacked.”
The murder was previously condemned by the leaders of Northern Ireland.
Prime Minister Arlene Foster described the shooting as terrible news for people in the area and expressed her sorrow for the family of the man who died.
Ms O’Neill told the BBC: “At the heart of all this will be a grieving family who lost a loved one last night and our thoughts are with the family.
“The police will have a job to do.
“This is not something that is acceptable at any level in our society and I believe that anyone with information should come forward to the PSNI and help with the investigation.” – PA
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