Loyalist feud link after man gunned down in supermarket car park

By The Newsroom
Published 28th May 2017, 21:34 BST
Updated 4th Jun 2017, 21:50 BST
Forensic experts pictured beside a car which has had its rear window damaged. Picture by Jonathan Porter/PressEye.comForensic experts pictured beside a car which has had its rear window damaged. Picture by Jonathan Porter/PressEye.com
Forensic experts pictured beside a car which has had its rear window damaged. Picture by Jonathan Porter/PressEye.com
The murder of a man in a supermarket car park in Bangor this afternoon is believed to be linked to the ongoing loyalist feud in south east Antrim.

Sources have told the News Letter that the victim, who the police have said was 55-years-old, was an associate of leading loyalist Geordie Gilmore, who died following a shooting in Carrickfergus in March.

The victim of Sunday’s shooting is believed to have been moved out of Carrickfergus, and then North Belfast, for his own safety. It is believed he had only been living in Bangor for several weeks.

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A witness to the shooting said a lone gunman, who was wearing a scarf and hood to disguise his face, fired at least four times at the victim in the car park of Sainsbury’s.