Police officer shot in Omagh in Northern Ireland

Omagh: three arrested after senior police officer shot in front of son

Detective Chief Inspector John Caldwell is described as being “critical but stable” in hospital.

Arrests made after off-duty police officer shot in Northern Ireland

Dublin, Feb 23 (EFE).- Police in Northern Ireland on Thursday arrested three suspects in connection to the shooting of an off-duty police officer. The three men, aged 38, 45, and 47, were held under the Terrorism Act following the attempted murder of John Caldwell, a detective chief inspector who was shot on Wednesday evening after coaching youth football. “The officer’s condition remains critical but stable,” assistant chief constable for the P…

The chilling attack on a Northern Ireland police officer

An off-duty senior detective in Northern Ireland’s police service was ambushed last night by masked gunmen as he helped at a football coaching event in Omagh, Country Tyrone. Two assailants fired at least four bullets into Detective Chief Inspector John Caldwell, shooting him on the ground as his terrified son looked on. He remains critically

Three men arrested over N.Ireland police officer’s shooting

Police in Northern Ireland said Thursday that they had arrested three men over the shooting of an off-duty officer, after declaring "violent dissident

Three arrested in Northern Ireland for the attempted murder of a police officer

Unionists and Republicans condemn the attack. The victim, who was shot four times, remains stable in a hospital. Authorities attribute the shooting to IRA dissident groups

Police officer shot by masked men in Northern Ireland named

The officer was putting soccer balls in the trunk of his car when he was approached and shot in front of children