Gardaí investigating feud search for gun fired by child

Gardaí investigating an ongoing feud between two drug gangs in Ballymun are searching for a gun that was fired by a child in the area yesterday afternoon.

The series of events which led to the shooting began around 3pm yesterday when a man armed with a handgun was seen near Ballymun Garda Station, where a second man was being detained.

Both are suspected of being involved in the feud.

Gardaí approached the man with the firearm, but he ran away and was pursued.

He threw the gun into bushes as he made his escape, but it was subsequently picked up and fired by a child, believed to be around 11 years old.

No one was injured in the shooting.

A short time later two men arrived on an electric bike and took the gun away.