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Irishman shot dead in New York

John Kelly - Shot dead in New York
John Kelly - Shot dead in New York

A man from Co Clare has been fatally wounded in a shooting in New York. 

John Kelly, a 43-year-old father of three originally from Sixmilebridge, had been living in America for the past 16 years.

Police originally believed that he had fallen from a ladder outside his apartment building in the Bronx on Sunday night.

However, following a medical investigation into his death it was discovered that he died as a result of being shot.

Police are now treating the death as a homicide.