detective chief inspectorjohn caldwell was shot multiple times in front of his son after coaching young people playing football in omagh, county tyrone. he remains in a critical condition in hospital. northern ireland s political leaders issued a joint statement condemning the callous attack. our ireland correspondent chris page has this report. john caldwell is a father who was coaching football, but gunmen shot him because he s a detective. last night this complex, called youth sport, was busy with parents, children and volunteers. the victim was putting footballs into his car with his son. he ran for his life when he was shot by two men. when he fell to the ground, they continued to fire at him. we d like to acknowledge the assistance and the quick, brave actions of a member of the public who gave first aid and the actions of our partners in the ambulance service. at this time there were many other young people, children,
on the seriousness of this event that s just taken place, place on record my respect for the police officer and the work that he s done, hope that he recovers from his injuries, say that my thoughts are with his family and with him, and wish all police officers in northern ireland all the luck in the world in making sure they catch the people that perpetrated this crime. our ireland correspondent, chris page, is at the scene in 0magh. what are the facts of what happened as we know them at the moment? it seems that the more details of this attack emerge, really the more horrifying the picture is. detective chief inspectorjohn caldwell, he had been coaching football here with young people. he was putting footballs into his car with his son in the car park over there. then two gunman approached him and opened fire. he ran a short distance, he fell down and the gunmen continued to fire at him. he is now being
chris page has this report. john caldwell is a father who was coaching football, but gunmen shot him because he s a detective. last night this complex, called youth sport, was busy with parents, children and volunteers. the victim was putting footballs into his car with his son. he ran for his life when he was shot by two men. when he fell to the ground, they continued to fire at him. we d like to acknowledge the assistance and the quick, brave actions of a member of the public who gave first aid and the actions of our partners in the ambulance service. at this time there were many other young people, children, awaiting pick up by their parents and those children ran for cover in sheer terror towards the centre. detective chief inspector caldwell has a public profile here. he s led investigations into organised crime and dissident republican paramilitaries.
northern ireland s political leaders have issued a joint statement condemning the callous attack. 0ur ireland correspondent chris page has this report. john caldwell is a father who was coaching football, but gunmen shot him because he s a detective. last night this complex, called youth sport, was busy with parents, children and volunteers. the victim was putting footballs into his car with his son. he ran for his life when he was shot by two men. when he fell to the ground, they continued to fire at him. we d like to acknowledge the assistance and the quick, brave actions of a member of the public who gave first aid and the actions of our partners in the ambulance service. at this time there were many other young people, children, awaiting pick up by their parents and those children ran for cover in sheer terror towards the centre. detective chief inspector caldwell has a public profile here. he s led investigations into organised crime and dissident
in front of his son after coaching young people playing football in 0magh, county tyrone. he is well known in northern ireland not least his involvement in investigating organised crime. northern ireland s political leaders have issued a joint statement condemning the callous attack. the irish prime minister and northern ireland secretary have both condemned the attempt on his life. 0ur ireland correspondent chris page has this report. john caldwell is a father who was coaching football, but gunmen shot him because he s a detective. last night, this complex, called youth sport, was busy with parents, children and volunteers. the victim was putting footballs into his car with his son. he ran for his life when he was shot by two men. when he fell to the ground, they continued to fire at him. we d like to acknowledge the assistance and the quick, brave actions of one member of the public who gave first aid and the actions of our partners in the ambulance service.