Fatal shooting was ‘a case of mistaken identity’

Murder squad detectives investigating the fatal shooting of a retired truck driver at his Dublin home believe it was a case of mistaken identity.

Fatal shooting was ‘a case of mistaken identity’

Edward Nugent, 64, was hit three times in the chest in the gun attack in the Walkinstown area on Sunday night in what was the first gun murder in Dublin this year. Gardaí said he was rushed to St James’s Hospital but was pronounced dead shortly afterwards.

Last night, the deceased man’s son Kieran said his father was a very ill man who never had any involvement in crime.

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