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    Home - UK News - Two children and mother who died in Northern Ireland shooting named

    Two children and mother who died in Northern Ireland shooting named

    Two children and mother who died in Northern Ireland shooting named

    Two children and mother who died in Northern Ireland shooting named

    • WTX News Editor
    • July 24, 2025
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    • Vanessa Whyte (45) and her children, Sara (13) and James Rutledge (14), were identified as the victims of a tragic shooting in Maguiresbridge, County Fermanagh.
    • A male member of the same household was seriously injured; police have initiated a murder investigation and are seeking public assistance.
    • Local clubs mourn the loss of the victims, highlighting their involvement in community sports, while officials express shock over the incident in the quiet rural area.

    Two children and mother who died in Northern Ireland shooting named | UK News

    Two children and a woman who died in a shooting in County Fermanagh have been named.

    Vanessa Whyte, 45, and her two children, Sara Rutledge, aged 13, and 14-year-old James Rutledge, died in the shooting on Wednesday morning, the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) said.

    A man, who is a member of the same household, was seriously injured in the shooting in the village of Maguiresbridge, about 75 miles (120km) southwest of Belfast.

    Police launched a murder investigation, and Detective Chief Inspector Neil McGuinness asked people with information about the shooting incident to contact police.

    “I am particularly keen to hear from anyone who had spoken to Vanessa, Sara or James over the last few weeks. If you are someone that Vanessa, Sara or James may have confided in, please come and speak to us,” he said.

    “Any information, no matter how small or insignificant it may seem could prove crucial to our investigation.”

    Police don’t anticipate any arrests being made at this stage, Superintendent Robert McGowan, district commander for Fermanagh and Omagh, said at a news conference on Wednesday.

    Emergency services were called to the Drummeer Road area of Maguiresbridge at around 8am on Wednesday following a report raised from the property.

    Two people were found dead at the scene, and two others were seriously injured.

    One patient was taken to the Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, by air ambulance and the other to South West Acute Hospital by ambulance. Supt McGowan said the third person died at the South West Acute Hospital.

    A local Gaelic football club said the victims were all “active and beloved” members of their club.

    Sara and James Rutledge also used to be part of a local cricket club, which said in a statement that it was “extremely saddened by the tragic events”.

    “Both of them turned out to be talented young cricketers and two absolutely lovely-natured children,” the statement read.

    Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Hilary Benn said: “The news from Maguiresbridge is tragic and deeply distressing.

    “My thoughts are with the victims, their relatives and the local community in Fermanagh.”

    Sinn Fein MP Pat Cullen has expressed her deep shock over the shooting.

    “I’m also thinking of all the wee school friends of those two wee children and what that must feel like for all of them and how the next few days and weeks will be for everyone, particularly just at the beginning of the school holidays,” she said.

    DUP MLA Deborah Erskine, who represents Co Fermanagh in the Northern Ireland Assembly, said that the community was “stunned” by the shooting in “a rural, quiet area”.

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