30/04/2024

Banbridge Shooting: Man Hands Himself Into Police

A 34-year-old man has been arrested in connection with an attempted murder in Banbridge.

On Friday, 12 April, a 40-year-old man was shot by a masked man as he sat in a vehicle in a car park on the Rathfriland Road.

The shooting victim remains in a critical condition in hospital.

The PSNI have reported that the suspect handed himself into police on Monday, 29 April, and was questioned on suspicion of conspiracy to commit murder.

He has since been released on bail pending further enquiries.


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