Man fails to obey Garda direction to get out of lorry in car park of commercial premises in Cork city
A member of the Armed Support Unit fired a shot through the windscreen of a lorry after a man failed to obey a Garda direction to stop in a car park in Togher, Cork city. File photograph: Collins Courts
The man had earlier driven to West Cork in a van he had allegedly stolen in the Mount Farran area of Blackpool in Cork City on Sunday night. He then drove to the Pike outside Clonakilty, where he allegedly committed a burglary before driving to Owenahincha, where he allegedly broke into another house.
The man then drove via back roads towards Cork Airport before heading for Lehanaghmore in Togher in the southern suburbs of Cork city, where he pulled into the car park of a commercial premises on Forge Hill after gardaí had called off the pursuit. The driver of the truck was not injured when the shot was discharged, nor was any one else during the 15km pursuit from the Half Way to Togher, nor when the Garda cars and other parked cars were hit in the car park.
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