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01/10/2004
Derry gunshot victim dies in hospital
The 22-year-old man who was shot in the head in Co Londonderry earlier this week has died.
Darren Thompson, from Harkness Gardens in the Waterside, was found lying at the roadside in Woodburn Park on Wednesday morning with a bullet wound to the head.
His family had been keeping a bedside vigil for him at Altnagelvin hospital however he died of his injuries on Friday.
Police are still questioning two men about the attack which officers described as “brutal”.
(MB)
Darren Thompson, from Harkness Gardens in the Waterside, was found lying at the roadside in Woodburn Park on Wednesday morning with a bullet wound to the head.
His family had been keeping a bedside vigil for him at Altnagelvin hospital however he died of his injuries on Friday.
Police are still questioning two men about the attack which officers described as “brutal”.
(MB)
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