Balaclava-clad assailant shot man in Cork city this morning

Victim, 42, was shot in the stomach while leaving an apartment in the early hours of the morning
Balaclava-clad assailant shot man in Cork city this morning

Gardaí at the scene of an incident in the Wilton area in Cork.

A scream followed by screeching tyres were heard by neighbours of a man shot in Cork city this morning.

The victim, 42 and a father of three, was shot in the stomach by a man wearing a balaclava as he walked to his car to get to work after 5am. He remains in a stable condition in hospital. It is understood there were multiple shots fired.

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