Gsoc to assess why detective shot Mark Hennessy

The detective who fatally shot killer Mark Hennessy will have to explain to the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (Gsoc) that he honestly believed either his life or the life of another person was in “immediate danger” when he opened fire.

The shooting at 8pm last Saturday at Cherrywood Business Park, south Dublin, followed a massive operation to track down Hennessy and the woman he had abducted, Jastine Valdez.

At that stage, gardaí did not know where the 24-year-old student was and believed she could have been in Hennessy’s car.