Overview

• Joseph Mahon, shot at 16, told the Belfast non-jury court a soldier ran into Glenfada Park North and fired from the hip, sweeping side to side without automatic fire.
• Mahon said he lay beside William McKinney and James Wray, saw the soldier fire additional shots into Wray on the ground, and heard the words, “I’ve got another one.”
• He testified the soldier later knelt and aimed at him as he pretended to be dead, before a shout of “first aid, don’t shoot” and a shot that did not hit him.
• The court heard Mahon sustained a severe, life‑threatening pelvic gunshot wound and later pointed out the soldier he believed opened fire in a news clip shown in court.
• Prosecutors confirmed they will not present evidence that positively identifies the shooter, while defense questioning probed differences in Mahon’s past accounts; another survivor, Joe Friel, also described being shot after seeing a soldier fire from the hip.