Police confirm Lisburn murder victim was shot - amid calls for calm in the city

Q Radio News

There are appeals for calm in Lisburn after a weekend of violence including the murder of a man and a gun attack on a young family's home.

The man's body was found in the living room of his home in Coulson Avenue on Friday evening.

Police have confirmed the 50-year-old victim - Paul Smyth - was shot dead.

Three men and a woman were arrested on Saturday. A 28-year-old man remains in custody. 

Early on Sunday, a bedroom window of a house at Mill Street was shattered by a shotgun blast.

Police say a man and woman in their 20s and a small child were were left badly shaken.

MLA for the area Pat Catney says a firearm has fallen into the hands of local criminal elements and has been used a number of times ...

Mr. Catney is calling for an end to the attacks before there's further loss of life...

Just in. Lisburn murder investigation update. Police say a man aged 32 and a woman aged 28, arrested by detectives investigating the murder of Paul Smyth in Lisburn, have been released on bail pending further enquiries. A 28 year old man remains in police custody at this time. pic.twitter.com/p0dnS9gI4p

— Q Radio News (@qnewsdesk) June 23, 2019

Murder victim shot: Detectives investigating the murder of Paul Smyth at a house in the Coulson Avenue area of Lisburn on Friday have confirmed he was shot. 49yo man arrested on suspicion of murder released unconditionally. Two men aged 32 and 28 & 28yo woman still in custody pic.twitter.com/YsDyIRQamD

— Q Radio News (@qnewsdesk) June 23, 2019

BREAKING: Police have named the 50 year old man who was found dead at his home in the Coulson Avenue area of Lisburn on Friday night as Paul Smyth. Four people are still being questioned on suspicion of murder. pic.twitter.com/oiY35D3Juh

— Q Radio News (@qnewsdesk) June 23, 2019

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