An innocent father-of-four who was callously gunned down in his home died five years later from complications as a result of gunshot wounds, an inquest into his death heard.
Patrick ‘Padzer’ Sullivan (52), was shot at point-blank range by a masked man at his home in Rowlagh Park, Clondalkin on April 13, 2013. The gunman brushed Mr Sullivan’s wife Bernadette aside before opening fire with a sawn-off shotgun.
Mr Sullivan, who “didn’t have an enemy in the world,” suffered catastrophic brain injuries from which he never recovered. He spent the next five years in hospital in long term care with incurable injuries until his death in 2018. Gardaí are convinced that the shooting on April 13, 2013, was a case of mistaken identity.
