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21/02/2002
Belfast man dies following suicide shooting in Dublin
A Belfast man who walked into a police station in the Republic of Ireland and shot himself in the head in front of Garda has died in hospital.
Colm Peake, 40, who was originally from Belfast, shot himself in front of a number of Gardaí officers and people who were in Fitzgibbon Street Station in north Dublin on Monday.
Mr Peake had been placed on a life support machine in the Mater Hospital in Dublin but later died shortly before 4pm on Wednesday February 20.
Security sources have said he was a former paramilitary and had been linked to the republican splinter group, the Irish National Liberation Army.
The Irish police said Mr Peake walked into the station at about 5.35pm on Monday and approached the counter where a member of the public was being dealt with by a police officer. Taking a gun from his pocket, Mr Peake shot himself in the head.
His girlfriend who called police after hearing public appeals later identified him.
(AMcE)
Colm Peake, 40, who was originally from Belfast, shot himself in front of a number of Gardaí officers and people who were in Fitzgibbon Street Station in north Dublin on Monday.
Mr Peake had been placed on a life support machine in the Mater Hospital in Dublin but later died shortly before 4pm on Wednesday February 20.
Security sources have said he was a former paramilitary and had been linked to the republican splinter group, the Irish National Liberation Army.
The Irish police said Mr Peake walked into the station at about 5.35pm on Monday and approached the counter where a member of the public was being dealt with by a police officer. Taking a gun from his pocket, Mr Peake shot himself in the head.
His girlfriend who called police after hearing public appeals later identified him.
(AMcE)
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