Fourth person dies from injuries following Maguiresbridge shooting

A fourth person has died following a shooting in Maguiresbridge in Co Fermanagh last week.

Police in Northern Ireland have confirmed that Ian Rutledge (43) died in hospital this evening following the shooting at a house on Drummeer Road last Wednesday morning.

A murder investigation was launched last week.

Police said they received a 999 call from someone inside the house appealing for help shortly before 8am last Wednesday.

When officers arrived from Enniskillen, they found four people inside with gunshot wounds.

Two of the victims of the shooting, a woman and a child, were pronounced dead at the scene. A second child died later in hospital.

They were named as Vanessa Whyte (45), a vet originally from Barefield, Co Clare, and her children, James Rutledge (14) and Sara Rutledge (13).

Their father, Ian Rutledge, had been in the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast being treated for serious gunshot wounds but died this evening.

The PSNI is continuing to appeal for anyone with information to get in touch.

"Detectives have reiterated their appeal for anyone with information, no matter how insignificant it may seem, to come forward," a PSNI spokesperson said this evening.

Last Friday, hundreds of people attended an emotional vigil at Maguiresbridge Primary School, which the children had attended.

Prayers were offered for the emergency services who responded to the incident and had been met with a harrowing scene.

Two minutes silence was observed in memory of the family.