Man shot dead in social club in west Belfast
A man has been shot dead at the social club of Donegal Celtic Football Club in west Belfast.
The social club was said to be busy with people watching football on TV when the shooting took place on Sunday afternoon.
Police and paramedics were on the ground following the shooting while a helicopter hovered above.
“There’s total shock in this community today with the offence that happened in Donegal Celtic today,” Sinn Fein MP for West Belfast Paul Maskey said, as he visited the scene.
“My thoughts and sympathies are with this man’s family.
“I personally don’t know the victim but what I do know is that there’s a family there and our thoughts and our sympathies are with this man’s family at this stage.”
He urged anyone with information to come forward to police.
“There is no place for guns on our streets,” he said.