MAN DIES AFTER HE WAS SHOT SIX TIMES IN THE BACK OF HIS NECK AND HEAD AS HE STEPPED OIT OF HIS CAR OUTSIDE HIS HOME
Man died after he was shot six times in the back of his head and neck as he stepped out of his car outside his home.
Kevin McGuigan, 50, from Belfast, died minutes after the shooting which was carried out by two men believed to have been armed with semi-automatic rifles.
They were witnessed by Mr McGuigan’s widow, Dolores, as they fled on foot through the myriad of streets, still hooded and carrying the weapons, Belfast Live reports.
She had been in the car with her husband before the attack happened and they had just dropped off two young grandchildren before they drove home.
A neighbour who went to Mr McGuigan’s aid described the scene as she battled to save her friend’s life.
The 57-year-old mother and grandmother said: “I heard a rattling noise and for a second I thought it was fireworks but in my heart I knew it was gun fire.
“I ran to the front of my house and I saw a man lying on the ground. I heard screaming, terrible screaming.
"It was Dolores McGuigan. The man was lying on the ground face down, perfectly still and I realised then it was Kevin, my friend, my neighbour.
“I ran to him and people tried to stop me but I knew I had to help him. Another neighbour pushed her way through as Dolores was helped to a neighbour’s house. She was in a state of collapse.
“I knelt down and pulled off my cardigan. I could feel shell casings under my knees, they were jagging into me and there were loads of them.
“I started to pray for Kevin and told him over and over again that he’d be alright.
“I told him to breathe, I kept telling him take a breath. There was blood gushing from the back of his head and neck but he didn’t seem to have any other injuries on his back. I gently rubbed his back and kept talking to him.
“I got my friend to run to get her holy water and rosary beads. I never left him. We turned him over and he was still conscious and I felt for a pulse and he was still alive. It was faint but it was there.
“I thought there was hope but I could see the blood and I’d seen the injury and I knew it would be a miracle if he survived.
“I said the Act of Contrition, Hail Mary and the Our Father over and over again and I told him to breathe, and he did.
He took three shallow breaths and then the ambulance arrived and they stepped in. Those were some of his last breaths.
“My friend blessed him with holy water and I put the rosary beads in his hand. He was safe then.
“The paramedics put an oxygen mask on Kevin’s face and got him into the ambulance very fast. They left with the blue lights flashing and I thought again there was some hope because they moved so fast. It made me think that he might make it.
“But the friend who went with him in the ambulance called me a short time later and said he was gone.
“I’ll never get over this. How will this community every get over this?
“Kevin was a gentleman and a friend to everyone in this close, he helped everyone, he did DIY and garden work for me. He looked after his nine children and his six grandchildren. He cared for his little grandson who is a sickly child.
The Mirror Uk.
Kevin McGuigan, 50, from Belfast, died minutes after the shooting which was carried out by two men believed to have been armed with semi-automatic rifles.
They were witnessed by Mr McGuigan’s widow, Dolores, as they fled on foot through the myriad of streets, still hooded and carrying the weapons, Belfast Live reports.
She had been in the car with her husband before the attack happened and they had just dropped off two young grandchildren before they drove home.
A neighbour who went to Mr McGuigan’s aid described the scene as she battled to save her friend’s life.
The 57-year-old mother and grandmother said: “I heard a rattling noise and for a second I thought it was fireworks but in my heart I knew it was gun fire.
“I ran to the front of my house and I saw a man lying on the ground. I heard screaming, terrible screaming.
"It was Dolores McGuigan. The man was lying on the ground face down, perfectly still and I realised then it was Kevin, my friend, my neighbour.
“I ran to him and people tried to stop me but I knew I had to help him. Another neighbour pushed her way through as Dolores was helped to a neighbour’s house. She was in a state of collapse.
“I knelt down and pulled off my cardigan. I could feel shell casings under my knees, they were jagging into me and there were loads of them.
“I started to pray for Kevin and told him over and over again that he’d be alright.
“I told him to breathe, I kept telling him take a breath. There was blood gushing from the back of his head and neck but he didn’t seem to have any other injuries on his back. I gently rubbed his back and kept talking to him.
“I got my friend to run to get her holy water and rosary beads. I never left him. We turned him over and he was still conscious and I felt for a pulse and he was still alive. It was faint but it was there.
“I thought there was hope but I could see the blood and I’d seen the injury and I knew it would be a miracle if he survived.
“I said the Act of Contrition, Hail Mary and the Our Father over and over again and I told him to breathe, and he did.
He took three shallow breaths and then the ambulance arrived and they stepped in. Those were some of his last breaths.
“My friend blessed him with holy water and I put the rosary beads in his hand. He was safe then.
“The paramedics put an oxygen mask on Kevin’s face and got him into the ambulance very fast. They left with the blue lights flashing and I thought again there was some hope because they moved so fast. It made me think that he might make it.
“But the friend who went with him in the ambulance called me a short time later and said he was gone.
“I’ll never get over this. How will this community every get over this?
“Kevin was a gentleman and a friend to everyone in this close, he helped everyone, he did DIY and garden work for me. He looked after his nine children and his six grandchildren. He cared for his little grandson who is a sickly child.
The Mirror Uk.
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