Donaghmede creche shooting: Notorious criminal Deccy Smith begged gunman 'don't shoot' before being blasted in face.
Shooting took place at around 9am on the Holywell Avenue, Donaghmede
Notorious criminal 'Fat Deccy' Smith was blasted in the head in broad daylight outside a creche begged for his life screaming: "Don't shoot."
The well-known dissident Republican Smith pleaded with a lone shooter not to blast him as he was shot in the face at point blank range just minutes after dropping his toddler son off at the nursery.
The attack took place during rush hour traffic at around 9am on the Holywell Avenue, Donaghmede.
Smith is known to Gardai and was warned his life before today's attack that his life was in danger.
Gardai believe he was approached by a lone gunman who fled on foot after shooting him in the head.
21/03/14 Blood on the road at The scene of a shooting outside a creche on Holywell Avenmue, Donaghmede, Dublin this morning.. Picture Colin Keegan, Collins Dublin. Security sources have said that the Smith has been shot before and that he was an associate of slain Republican Alan Ryan.
He was being treated at the scene before being taken by ambulance to Beaumont Hospital.
