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| Man killed during city gun attack | Man killed during city gun attack |
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| Police have launched a murder inquiry after a man was shot dead in Londonderry. | |
| Brian McGlynn, 28, was in bed in his home in the Fountain Hill area of the Waterside when two men entered his room at about 0330 BST. | Brian McGlynn, 28, was in bed in his home in the Fountain Hill area of the Waterside when two men entered his room at about 0330 BST. |
| The gunmen fired a number of shots at Mr McGlynn, who was originally from Strabane. | The gunmen fired a number of shots at Mr McGlynn, who was originally from Strabane. |
| His 24-year-old girlfriend who was in the bedroom was uninjured. Police said a motive was still being established. | His 24-year-old girlfriend who was in the bedroom was uninjured. Police said a motive was still being established. |
| Mr McGlynn had been working as a doorman at the Red Rooms nightclub and another pub in the city. | |
| Detective Chief Inspector Jeff Smyth said the gunmen made their getaway across the Craigavon Bridge in a green Vauxhall Cavalier car | |
| "This is day one of a murder investigation," he said. | |
| "I can't rule out anything. I can't say that it is paramilitary-orchestrated and I can't say that it is crime-orientated. | "I can't rule out anything. I can't say that it is paramilitary-orchestrated and I can't say that it is crime-orientated. |
| "Members of the public - do you know why Brian McGlynn was singled out, why was he murdered, please tell us." | "Members of the public - do you know why Brian McGlynn was singled out, why was he murdered, please tell us." |
| Sinn Fein councillor Lynn Fleming said the community, after 35 years of conflict, "did not want a gun culture" with people settling their differences "by going and shooting someone". | Sinn Fein councillor Lynn Fleming said the community, after 35 years of conflict, "did not want a gun culture" with people settling their differences "by going and shooting someone". |
| "We want to move forward and get away from those days," she said. | "We want to move forward and get away from those days," she said. |