Updated 9.08pm
A SENIOR MEMBER of a dissident republican group has died after being shot in the Springfield Road area of West Belfast this afternoon.
Tommy Crossan, 43, was brought to a fuel depot by a gunman and was shot in the head and body at close range.
A Catholic priest was called to give the last rites.
The shooting happened near the Peter Pan Industrial Estate, the PSNI confirmed.
Although no group has yet claimed responsibility, it is believed that the Continuity IRA, of which Crossan was a former leader, were behind the shooting. The group had threatened to kill Crossan in 2011 after he was expelled from the group.
Corssan spent five years in prison for a 1999 gun attack on a Belfast police station. He was attacked by rival prisoners while serving his sentence.
Additional reporting by Christine Bohan
Originally published 5.54pm
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