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Gardaí at the scene of the shooting in September 2017. Eamonn Farrell/Rollingnews.ie
Tallaght
Woman (23) arrested in connection with fatal shooting of fitness instructor released without charge
Father-of-two John Gibson was shot a number of times in a car park in Tallaght in September 2017.
LAST UPDATE | 27 Mar 2019
A 23-YEAR-OLD woman arrested by gardaí investigating the fatal shooting of a father-of-two in Dublin in 2017, has been released without charge.
Fitness instructor John Gibson was shot a number of times in a car park at Fortunestown Lane near Citywest Village Shopping Centre on 18 September 2017.
Investigating gardaí believed that the deceased was killed as part of a local feud.
A 22-year-old man was arrested in connection with the shooting on Monday morning. He was released without charge last night and a file will now be prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions.
The woman arrested last night was being held at Tallaght Garda Station under the provisions of Section 30 – Offences Against the State Act 1939.
A garda spokesperson said a file will now be prepared for the DPP.
With reporting from Stephen McDermott and Adam Daly
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