Teenager injured in Ballinasloe shooting; man arrested
Crime · First reported 6 Nov, 11:36 · Updated 11:46
A teenager was treated for non-life-threatening injuries after a shot was fired in Curragh Park, Ballinasloe. Gardaí arrested a man in Athlone and are seeking witnesses and video footage.
- A shot was fired in a green area of the Curragh Park estate in Ballinasloe shortly before 2am.
- The injured teenager was treated at University Hospital Galway for non-life-threatening injuries.
- A man in his late teens was arrested in Athlone. Gardaí also arrested a man in his 20s on outstanding bench warrants.
- Follow-up searches took place in Ballinasloe and Athlone, and a vehicle and electronic devices were seized. [0db00dbf-49f7-479a-87ae-07f2e6a8c000
- Gardaí asked anyone who was in the area between midnight and 3am, or who has video footage, to contact them.
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- Location
- Curragh Park estate, Ballinasloe, Co Galway
- Time
- Shortly before 2am
- Injury
- Non-life-threatening; treated at University Hospital Galway
- Arrests
- A man in his late teens was arrested in connection with the incident; a man in his 20s was separately arrested on outstanding bench warrants
- Items seized
- A vehicle and electronic devices
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