Tests to identify ‘gun’ thief at crash

Forensic tests are being conducted on the bicycle of a youth who took a suspected handgun from the body of a dying man as he was being treated by paramedics.

The dead man, Shane Fowler, suffered fatal injuries and cardiac arrest after the motorbike he was driving at speed lost control and smashed against a metal pole on Dunsink Park, Finglas, north Dublin on Sunday afternoon.

As paramedics were treating him at around 3pm, they noticed a stocking inside his waistband which appeared to contain a firearm.