Sniper News Article

The Obscurity: Dublin Street Shooting

By: Jasdeep Khangura

June 28th, 2011

               

 

               

                On a dark, cold night in Dublin, citizens reported a shooting, between two snipers, in their area at 4 (am), which took the lives of 3; an elderly women, a driver and a suspected sniper from the exchange of shots.

                The shooting began with a single shot being fired from one rooftop to the other, as one sniper may have been located through the darkness of the night. Citizens reported that another shot had then been fired minutes later; however this time it wasn’t from one rooftop to another. The suspected sniper had shot an elderly women, who was found dead in a gutter and seconds later, her driver. With no mercy being revealed in these snipers, many citizens reported that they had fled the scene as far as possible, so they wouldn’t be shot at. “As soon as I heard those two consecutive shots being fired, and a woman screeching as she got shot; I kept my family distant from the shooting scene, as I was afraid that one of us may be shot,” informed a citizen who lived 2 rooftops down from the sniper.

                The second wave of shots occurred around 4:30, when another shot had been fired from the same rooftop to the other. This shot reported by citizens left a reticence in the area, which made many believe that the exchange was over. “After we had heard the second or third shot, it went oddly quiet for a while and many of us were in content, as we thought the exchange was over,” expressed another citizen. The shooting re occurred again when the sniper, from the same rooftop, had fired another shot and citizens had heard the falter of a weapon which then again left the citizens in hope that the exchange was over. However, another shot was fired a little later (from the opposite rooftop) when the hopes of the citizens had been answered.

                “The last shot left our hearts petty, as the shooting was for sure over because there was no more shots for over an hour. I’m just really delighted that my family made it alive from this madness,” said Brake Dublish, a fellow citizen. The citizens of Dublin later settled back into their homes with many being traumatized from the shooting and knowing that there still is a suspect out there, which puts them in danger.

                “Our full efforts are going in to finding the other sniper which was involved in this awful exchange. We have many forensics examining the scenes and in 2 or three days, we will be able to figure out who was involved in the exchange,” reported Commissioner John of the Dublin Police Department.