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08/11/2012
Man Arrested Over Danny McKay Murder
A 45-year-old man has been arrested by detectives investigating the murder of Danny McKay.
Mr McKay was murdered in Newtownabbey last month.
The suspect is thought to be from the New Lodge area of Belfast and has been taken to the Antrim serious crime suite for questioning.
36-year-old Danny McKay was murdered at his home on Longlands Road on 25 October. He was shot several times as he sat on a sofa in his living room. He died at the scene.
Detectives investigating the murder are thought to be examining a potential drugs link and whether or not dissident republicans were involved.
Mr McKay was the father of a 10-year-old child. It is thought at least two armed men were involved in the attack.
A funeral service was held on 01 November at St Gerard’s church on the Antrim Road.
Fr Gerry Cassidy, who presided over the service, said Mr McKay had been killed "in the early summer of his life".
Police have appealed for information from anyone who saw a silver Volkswagen Bora which was used in the murder.
The vehicle had been stolen by five masked men in the New Lodge area shortly before the shooting.
It was found burnt out in Ardmoulin Place, west Belfast, later on.
Police are also asking for anyone who may have seen a dark coloured saloon car being driven in a suspicious manner in the Longlands area during the period leading up to Mr McKay's murder to contact them.
(IT/GK)
Mr McKay was murdered in Newtownabbey last month.
The suspect is thought to be from the New Lodge area of Belfast and has been taken to the Antrim serious crime suite for questioning.
36-year-old Danny McKay was murdered at his home on Longlands Road on 25 October. He was shot several times as he sat on a sofa in his living room. He died at the scene.
Detectives investigating the murder are thought to be examining a potential drugs link and whether or not dissident republicans were involved.
Mr McKay was the father of a 10-year-old child. It is thought at least two armed men were involved in the attack.
A funeral service was held on 01 November at St Gerard’s church on the Antrim Road.
Fr Gerry Cassidy, who presided over the service, said Mr McKay had been killed "in the early summer of his life".
Police have appealed for information from anyone who saw a silver Volkswagen Bora which was used in the murder.
The vehicle had been stolen by five masked men in the New Lodge area shortly before the shooting.
It was found burnt out in Ardmoulin Place, west Belfast, later on.
Police are also asking for anyone who may have seen a dark coloured saloon car being driven in a suspicious manner in the Longlands area during the period leading up to Mr McKay's murder to contact them.
(IT/GK)
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