Posted by Fitzgerald caused mayhem at the Fairgreen Shopping Centre in Carlow on the evening of June 1
GARDAI carried out a controlled delivery of firearms to Carlow gunman Evan Fitzgerald after being tipped off by the FBI about attempts to buy them on the dark web.
Senior sources told the Irish Sun that the 22-year-old’s obsession with firearms, which was only discovered after his arrest, underlined the validity of the initial operation against him.Fitzgerald caused mayhem at the Fairgreen Shopping Centre in Carlow on the evening of June 1.
He discharged a number of shots in the air before turning the shotgun on himself after armed officers arrived at the scene and declared who they were.
Labour’s Alan Kelly this week raised questions over the “proportionality” of the gardai’s actions in March 2024 when they carried out the controlled delivery of firearms.
He asked if they could have looked at alternative interventions given Fitzgerald was not involved in organised crime and had “some issues.”
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