Overview

• Gardai say a man in his 20s entered the Tesco at Fairgreen Shopping Centre around 6:15 pm on June 1 and fired a shotgun in the air before fatally shooting himself outside the store.
• The suspect, identified as a white Irish male, died of self-inflicted wounds and his body has been removed for post-mortem examination.
• A young girl sustained a minor leg injury as she fled the scene but did not require hospital treatment.
• The Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal team was deployed to examine a suspected device on the man’s body and declared the area safe by Monday morning.
• An incident room at Carlow Garda Station is handling the ongoing investigation under a Senior Investigating Officer, and anyone with information or footage is urged to contact Gardai.