An off-duty police officer gunned down in Northern Ireland has been named as senior detective John Caldwell.
The high profile officer—who has headed up major murder inquiries in the region—was shot multiple times on Wednesday evening at a sports complex in Omagh, Co. Tyrone.
The Detective Chief Inspector (DCI) is currently fighting for his life in hospital where he remains in a critical but stable condition, the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) said on Thursday.
The involvement of violent dissident republicans—including terror group the New IRA—is currently the main line of inquiry, police confirmed.
Caldwell had been loading footballs into the boot of his car alongside his young son when two masked men approached and opened fire in the complex car park….