‘Slap in the mouth’ led to attack that injured boy

Gardaí suspect a “slap in the mouth” led to the reckless gun attack in south Dublin which resulted in the shooting of an innocent schoolboy.

Detectives believe a sister of one of the gunmen was assaulted a couple of months ago and that her brother, along with another man, decided to shoot the suspected culprit.

He was standing outside a house on Lismore Rd in Crumlin on Tuesday night along with two other youths, a 17-year-old boy and Stephen Hynes, 16.