Man survives after gunshots strike him in head, stomach and shoulder

A MAN shot in the head, stomach and shoulder was sitting up in his hospital bed talking to family members just hours after a drive-by attack.

The man, named locally as David Kelly, was shot three times when he stopped at traffic lights in west Dublin. A car pulled up alongside and the gunman fired three rounds from a pump-action shotgun. That is the preferred weapon, along with 9mm handguns, among Dublin gangsters.

The shooting happened late on Monday night at traffic lights on the Ninth Lock Road in Clondalkin. Garda sources said there was no doubt this was an attempt on Mr Kelly’s life.