A 16-year-old girl has been shot dead in Jobstown in Dublin.
The girl was a passenger in a car that was parked in Brookview Way when shots were fired from a passing vehicle at around 10:35pm last night.
She was taken to Tallaght Hospital where she was later pronounced dead.
The scene has been sealed off and Gardaí are appealing for witnesses.
A post mortem is expected to be carried out on the her remains later.
The Justice Minister Alan Shatter has described the shooting as ‘horrific’.
He was speaking to Breakfast here on Newstalk.
