Tipp shooting victim 'may not have been target in gang attack'

Gardaí believe a man shot dead in Co. Tipperary this morning was not the intended target of the gang-related attack.

The man, who was aged in his 30's, was shot in the stomach when he answered the front door of his house in the village of Golden just before 7am.

He died after being brought to hospital in Clonmel.

Gardaí believe that up to two gunmen were involved and they may have been looking for a second man who was staying at the house on Chapel Lane and had recently received a threat to his life.

Gardaí are now examining CCTV footage.

The scene has now been sealed off and the State Pathologist is due to arrive there later.