Shots fired after addict steals car with baby

MEMBERS of a specialist garda unit opened fire on a crazed drug addict in Limerick yesterday after he stole a car with a two-year-old child strapped into a baby seat.

The 32-year-old known criminal was under arrest last night at Henry Street Garda Station. When arrested he was wearing a bullet-proof vest.

The car was stolen from outside a shop at Woodview while their mother bought cigarettes — the criminal forced two children out of the car before stealing it with the two-year-old still inside.