One of six gunshots fired by an armed garda at George Nkencho which struck him in the back proved fatal, according to the State pathologist who carried out a postmortem on his body.
Emergency services were alerted to an incident yesterday shortly before 6pm at a property in An Sáile Chuanna on the outskirts of the village on the Inverin road. The woman is from the area and believed to aged in her 70s. She was pronounced dead at the scene. The scene has been sealed off by Garda forensic investigators. A postmortem will be carried out to determine the course of the investigation.
The incident took place at St Michael's Avenue in Tipperary town at around 9.35pm on Friday, September 12. A man aged in his 30s arrested in relation to the incident remains in garda custody. The man injured in the assault has since died in University Hospital Limerick. The local coroner and the Office of the State Pathologist have both been notified, and a postmortem examination is due to be carried out.