Gardai are confident that the prime suspect in the shooting of six-year-old Sean Scully is still in the Ballyfermot area despite fleeing his home.
The prime suspect in the horror shooting last Friday night has left his home but investigators believe he is staying with pals in the Ballyfermot area and are confident of tracking him down.
The man was involved in a confrontation with a man who was known to six year-old Sean Scully last Friday night and came back on a bike with a gun and opened fire.
However he missed his intended target and the .22 round passed through innocent Sean's neck. He is in a stable condition in hospital but gardai say he is lucky to be alive. The man the bullet was meant for was arrested for witholding information but has been released without charge.
Detectives raided the prime suspect's home on Sunday but there was nobody there and it had been cleared of all personal possessions. Officers believe he might want them to think he has left Ireland.
However they are convinced he is still in the local area and have urged anybody who sees him to contact them. His identity is well-known locally and he does not live far from where Sean Scully was shot at Croftwood Grove.
Gardai fear that if the suspected shooter does emerge then his life might be in danger because there is such revulsion locally that he could produce a gun when children were out on the street.
