Murdered criminal The Panda was found in a pool of bloody cash.
Gunmen fired at least 14 bullets at Micka ‘Panda’ Kelly before reversing a car over him as they escaped, an inquest has heard.
Dublin Coroner’s Court heard how criminal Michael Kelly (30), known as The Panda, was left lying in a pool of blood with a fatal head injury after the targeted shooting.
His killers fired at him an “AK-47-style assault rifle” and a revolver at Marsfield Avenue, Clongriffin, on the afternoon of September 15, 2011.
He was found lying face down over a large amount of cash.
The previous May gardai had warned Kelly, from Kilbarrack, that his life was in danger.
The Coroner’s Court heard that Kelly was visiting his girlfriend on the day of the shooting and was dropped off outside her apartment block at around 1.05pm.
Witnesses told investigating gardai that Kelly began running when he spotted a silver car speeding towards him.
A man, who was travelling in the in the back of the car, starting shooting at Kelly with the rifle.
Kelly was hit, turned and fell and continued to be fired upon by the gunman.
Witnesses then saw a man wearing a black hoodie standing over the body and shooting Kelly again while he lay prone on the ground. This man then got into the passenger side of the car and the driver reversed it over Kelly’s body.
He was still conscious shortly after the shooting and his girlfriend was one of a number of people who went to his aid.
Witnesses had described seeing a hole in the back of the victim’s head.
Kelly had already died when gardai arrived at the scene a short time later.
Gda Martin Fahey, who was on the scene, said he was lying face down over a large amount of cash with “a lot of blood” coming from his side.
The getaway car was found about 10 minutes’ drive from the scene with the firearms used in the shooting in the boot.
The post-mortem found that Kelly had suffered a fatal gunshot wound to the head and there were a further five bullet wounds causing internal injuries.
Nobody has ever been charged with the murder and the file remains open, said Det Insp Tony Howard Howard.
The jury returned a verdict of unlawful killing by persons unknown.
