Man arrested after school gate murder

Man arrested after school gate murder

A 52-year-old man has been arrested by detectives investigating the murder of a father outside a school in Belfast.

Jim Donegan, 43, was shot as he waited to collect his 13-year-old son from St Mary’s Christian Brothers’ Grammar School in west Belfast in December.

The suspect was detained on suspicion of murder, police said, following the search of a property in the Dunmurry area of West Belfast on Friday.

Items were seized and taken away for examination.

PSNI Detective Chief Inspector Pete Montgomery said: “Forty-three-year-old Jim was brutally murdered as he sat in his car outside a school on the Glen Road in west Belfast on 4 December 2018.

Shooting in West Belfast
Police at the scene where Jim Donegan was shot dead on the Glen Road in West Belfast (Niall Carson/PA).

“Or if someone would prefer to provide information without giving their details, they can contact the independent charity Crimestoppers and speak to them anonymously on 0800 555 111.”

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