No injuries in Antrim shotgun incident

Updated: 19:38, Wednesday, 24 July 2002

The occupants of a house in Antrim town escaped injury last night when a masked man fired a sawn-off shotgun inside their home.

The occupants of a house in Antrim town escaped injury, last night, when a masked man fired a sawn-off shotgun inside their home.

Police say the gunman entered the house at Shetland Street around 11.15pm and was confronted by a 32-year-old man who lived there with his girlfriend and their eleven-week old daughter.

The attacker discharged the weapon and ran off. A car was heard speeding away.

The vehicle was later found set ablaze.

A police spokesman said a sawn off shotgun was recovered from the house.

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