The sister of gun victim Keith Conlon fumed the father-of-four was “robbed” from the family as he was pronounced dead yesterday.
The 35-year-old was on life support since he was shot to facilitate organ donation before the machine was switched off.
A 53-year-old legal professional in Garda custody, who was arrested at the scene following the incident in Tallaght, South Dublin, on Tuesday, also had his detention extended by 24 hours following approval from a district court judge.
It means investigators have until this afternoon to charge or release him with a file going to the Director of Public Prosecutions.
Sources say Conlon, nicknamed Bono, was with two pals and his lurcher dog on farmland when another man fired warning shots at the animal.
After the dog was shot and killed, words were exchanged before more bullets were fired and Conlon was hit by a bullet in the head.
Keith’s sister Caitiee posted yesterday: “Our poor Bono was robbed from us.
“How are any of us supposed to move on without him.”
Detectives are working to establish if Conlon was shot in an act of self defence by the legal professional. Gardai have taken witness statements from Conlon’s two pals who were with him at the time.
Cops are also in possession of a legally held handgun which was recovered at the scene.
A Garda spokesman confirmed: “A man in his 30s was seriously injured in the course of the incident and was pronounced dead at Tallaght Hospital, this afternoon, Thursday, February 24, 2022.
“Arrangements will now be made for a post-mortem examination to be carried out by the State Pathologist.
“A man, aged in his early 50s, who was arrested at the scene remains in Garda custody.
“He is detained at Tallaght Garda Station under Section 30 of the Offences Against the State Act, 1939.”
The victim was the father of four children –Jamie, 19, Chloe, 17, Elaigh, six, and six-week-old |Everleigh – and was a dog breeder but also had a love for horses.
Mr Conlon, who also used the second name of Greene, is well-known and popular in the Tallaght area.
He had worked as a deckhand on a sailing boat before he became a dog breeder in the 2000s.
One neighbour, who lives beside Mr Conlon’s Kiltalown Park home in Tallaght, told the Irish Mirror that he was “lovely” and a “harmless fella” before adding: “I’m going to miss him.”
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