A 28-YEAR-old man has been arrested after a shooting at the home of an elderly woman in Dublin city centre.
The terrifying incident happened on Beaver Street, near Connolly Station, at 10.30pm last night.
Witnesses spoke of seeing a lone man firing a gun at the door of the house.
There were two people inside at the time of the shooting, an elderly woman and a young man, but there were no injuries in the attack.
The gunman left the scene on a bicycle after firing a single shot.
A patrolling garda unit saw a suspect on a bicycle on nearby Sean McDermot Street a short time later and he was arrested with the assistance of a second garda unit.
Convictions
He was brought to Store Street Garda Station where he was being questioned today.
The arrested man is a well known north inner city criminal who has dozens of previous convictions.
He previously served a jail sentence for allowing himself to be carried in a stolen vehicle in a horrific incident in which a taxi driver was killed when the stolen car smashed into his vehicle.
In a follow up search a loaded sawn-off shotgun was recovered near where the man was arrested.
A large hole could be seen in the front porch door of the house today, and members of the garda technical bureau carried out a forensic examination of the scene.
They photographed the damage to the porch door as well as pellet holes on the front door.
A number of pellets were also collected from the floor of the porch.
One neighbour described hearing a loud bang.
“It was like an explosion. I expected to look out and see a car in flames,” she told the
Gardai say the investigation into the shooting is on-going and have appealed for witnesses to contact them.
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