Sixth person arrested in connection with Christmas Eve shooting

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A sixth person has been arrested in connection with a shooting which occurred on Christmas Eve in Dublin.

Tristan Sherry died after being assaulted during an incident at Browne's Steakhouse on Main Street in Blanchardstown at about 8pm on December 24.

Jason Hennessy Snr, who was in his late 40s, sustained multiple gunshot wounds in the shooting and later died in hospital.

On Wednesday, a male teenager was arrested in connection with the incident under the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act, 1997.

He is currently detained a Garda Station in the DMR under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984. He is the sixth individual to be arrested as part of the ongoing investigation.

Last week, David Amah, 18, with an address in Hazel Grove, Portrane Road, Donabate, was charged with the murder of Mr Sherry.

Wayne Deegan, 25, with an address in Linnetsfield Avenue, Phibblestown, was charged with assault causing harm to Mr Sherry, producing a knife in a way likely to intimidate or injure, and committing violent disorder.

At the end of December, Michael Andrecut, 22, of Sheephill Avenue, Corduff, appeared at a special sitting of the Criminal Courts of Justice in Dublin charged with Mr Sherry’s murder.