Man (22) dies after west Belfast shooting

A man (22) has died after a shooting incident in west Belfast last night.

A man (22) has died after a shooting incident in west Belfast last night.

The shooting is understood to have happened at around 19.45 yesterday in the Wilton Street area of the loyalist Shankill Road.

The injured man was taken to Belfast's Royal Victoria Hospital where he received emergency treatment.

However, police confirmed today that the man had died.

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