The body of the 43-year-old man who was killed in a shooting incident at a farm in Co Mayo yesterday has been taken to Ballyshannon in Co Donegal where he is to be buried at the weekend.
John Ward, a traveller, who had been living at Carrowbrowne Halting Site near Galway City, was fatally injured during a confrontation near the village of Cross in south Mayo.
Following a post mortem examination at Mayo General Hospital in Castlebar his body was released to his family shortly before 6pm this evening.
A man who was being held at Castlebar Garda Station for questioning in relation to the incident was earlier released without charge.
Gardaí say a file on the case is being prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions.
A post mortem on the body of John Ward was carried out at Mayo General Hospital in Castlebar earlier.
The post mortem was carried out by the state pathologist Dr Marie Cassidy. No details have been released yet.
Gardaí are now trying to piece together the sequence of events which took place when two men approached the house shortly after lunchtime yesterday.
The men are believed to have driven to the quiet rural parish in a car, which was subsequently impounded and taken away for technical examination.
The owner of the house, a bachelor farmer in his 50s, confronted the men.
In an ensuing incident a shotgun was discharged and John Ward was fatally injured. His body was discovered in a field across the road from the farmhouse.
Gardaí in Castlebar last night released a young man they had been questioning in relation to the incident.
