Garda killed in co louth was a native of mayo reports

REPORTS are emerging tonight that the garda killed in Co. Louth earlier this evening was a native of Mayo.

A second man was shot dead after gardaí were called out to a house following what is thought to have been a domestic dispute at Cooley Peninsula, near Carlingford.

Gardaí are treating the incident as murder suicide. The shootings took place shortly after 6 p.m. at a house.

According to RTÉ News, members from Omeath Garda Station responded to a call from a woman and arrived at the scene, shots were fired and a garda was fatally injured.

A second man was also shot dead during the incident. A woman in the house at the time was shot and taken to hospital where her condition is described as serious.

The scene has been preserved pending a forensic examination and the arrival of a state pathologist.

The garda shot dead was a man in his 30s, father to three children, all under the age of eight. No other details are available at this stage.

In a statement Garda Commissioner Noirín O’Sullivan described the incident as a 'terrible tragedy'.

She also said the fatal shooting highlights the dangers the gardaí face during the course of their duty and that they put themselves in harm’s way every day in the interest of serving the community.