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| Ombudsman examines chase shooting | Ombudsman examines chase shooting |
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| A shooting, where police opened fire on a suspect, is being investigated by Northern Ireland's Police Ombudsman. | A shooting, where police opened fire on a suspect, is being investigated by Northern Ireland's Police Ombudsman. |
| Police trying to make an arrest in connection with the recent murders of two men in Belfast fired five or six shots at a man. | Police trying to make an arrest in connection with the recent murders of two men in Belfast fired five or six shots at a man. |
| It happened at Ardilea Street in the Ardoyne area at 1700 GMT on Wednesday. | It happened at Ardilea Street in the Ardoyne area at 1700 GMT on Wednesday. |
| Eyewitnesses said officers fired after a man, who was driving a car involved in a police chase, fled on foot. No-one was injured in the incident. | Eyewitnesses said officers fired after a man, who was driving a car involved in a police chase, fled on foot. No-one was injured in the incident. |
| Local priest Fr Kieran Dallat said a woman whose house was hit by one of the shots was shocked. | Local priest Fr Kieran Dallat said a woman whose house was hit by one of the shots was shocked. |
| "She was distressed and her family would have been, I suppose angry really would be the word," he said. | "She was distressed and her family would have been, I suppose angry really would be the word," he said. |
| "Because I don't think people understood why the shots had been fired. | "Because I don't think people understood why the shots had been fired. |
| "There's probably a general feeling in the area that there seems to have been an increase in violence and the use of guns that people are concerned about." | "There's probably a general feeling in the area that there seems to have been an increase in violence and the use of guns that people are concerned about." |
| Kathleen Stuart had just crouched down to fill her recycling box when a bullet smashed through her window. | |
| She said that it had reminded her of a "cowboy film" and had terrified her. | |
| "My son could have been sitting burying his mother today, that's the way I look at it... my nerves have been shattered," she said. | |
| Kathleen Stuart said the incident was terrifying | |
| Sinn Fein has questioned why bullets were fired in a busy residential area. | Sinn Fein has questioned why bullets were fired in a busy residential area. |
| The party's north Belfast assembly member Gerry Kelly said: "Whatever this person was or was not at, and none of us know, he was not armed, there was no exchange of fire. | The party's north Belfast assembly member Gerry Kelly said: "Whatever this person was or was not at, and none of us know, he was not armed, there was no exchange of fire. |
| "There had to be another way of apprehending this person as opposed to firing shots. We could have had another dead person in this community tonight." | "There had to be another way of apprehending this person as opposed to firing shots. We could have had another dead person in this community tonight." |
| Victims | Victims |
| A window of a nearby house was shattered by a bullet and children were playing in the street at the time of the incident. | A window of a nearby house was shattered by a bullet and children were playing in the street at the time of the incident. |
| Roads in the area were cordoned off as officers from the Ombudsman's office examined the scene. They were later re-opened. | Roads in the area were cordoned off as officers from the Ombudsman's office examined the scene. They were later re-opened. |
| They returned to the scene on Thursday. It is procedure for an investigation to be launched when shots have been fired. | |
| The ombudsman has appealed for witnesses. A report will be sent to Chief Constable Sir Hugh Orde and the Policing Board. | |
| The body of Edward Burns, 36, - who was shot in the head - was found on the Falls Road in west Belfast on Monday and the beaten body of Joe Jones, 38, was discovered in north Belfast on the same day near Elmfield Street in the Ardoyne area. | The body of Edward Burns, 36, - who was shot in the head - was found on the Falls Road in west Belfast on Monday and the beaten body of Joe Jones, 38, was discovered in north Belfast on the same day near Elmfield Street in the Ardoyne area. |
| Investigating officers said on Tuesday the killings had taken place against the backdrop of tension within dissident republicanism. | Investigating officers said on Tuesday the killings had taken place against the backdrop of tension within dissident republicanism. |
| It is understood the organisation involved may be the Continuity IRA. | It is understood the organisation involved may be the Continuity IRA. |
| Detectives want to talk to anyone who saw a silver Skoda car, registration number PKZ 3760, in north or west Belfast late on Sunday afternoon. | Detectives want to talk to anyone who saw a silver Skoda car, registration number PKZ 3760, in north or west Belfast late on Sunday afternoon. |
| A number of men may have been travelling in the car. | A number of men may have been travelling in the car. |
| Meanwhile, Chief Constable Sir Huge Orde has said the people involved in the two murders in Belfast on Monday have excluded themselves from the peace process. | |
| However, speaking in Washington - where he is attending a series of engagements over the St Patrick's day weekend - he said they would not destabilise political developments. |