29/01/2020

Malcolm McKeown: Police Make One Arrest

Detectives probing the fatal shooting of Malcolm McKeown outside a Co Down petrol station have arrested a man in his twenties.

Mr McKeown, aged 54, was found dead in his car outside Dewart's Garage in Waringstown on Monday 19 August.

He had been shot six times.

The suspect, aged 26, has been taken to Musgrave Station for questioning.



(JG/CM)

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