'That bullet came within inches. I could actually hear the bullet going by my ear'

Bullets flashed past Sergeant Eamonn Griffin's head, missing him by inches as a drink- and drug-fuelled deer hunter rampaged through town.

Bullets flashed past Sergeant Eamonn Griffin's head, missing him by inches as a drink- and drug-fuelled deer hunter rampaged through town.

Armed with a high-powered rifle, Stephen Dowling marched through Glenties, Co Donegal, “like a soldier” shooting at people, buildings and cars. Dowling had been on a hunting trip in the area before he turned the gun on people.