Shot teenager possibly a soft target in feud attack

THE Limerick teenager shot dead late on Wednesday night was possibly a “soft target” revenge killing for an attack, earlier that day, on members of a city feud gang.

Aidan Kelly, 19 from Moyross, was lured to a meeting on an isolated country road, three miles from his home. Hours earlier, a gunman opened fire on members of the Keane gang after they had peace talks with a leading figure in the Ryan faction.Gardaí believe Mr Kelly may have been singled out as a soft revenge target by the Keane gang for the earlier attack on their members.

The dead man’s father, Liam Kelly, at the family home in College Avenue, Moyross, said: “Aidan was the second youngest of our family, of four boys and one girl. Nicola, his partner is expecting a baby at the end of the month. We’re all devastated. You wouldn’t believe it.”