A woman in her 50s and four children escaped injury in their home after shots were fired at a vehicle parked outside in Jonesborough last night (Monday 3 August).
The incident happened just before 11:30pm at Castleview.
A man got out of a dark coloured Audi A4 vehicle with his hood over his face and fired a number of shots at a black Nissan X-Trail parked outside the house.
Police say a woman in her 50s and four children were inside the property but were not injured. Damage was caused to the car following the incident, as the Audi A4 made off from the scene.
Detective Inspector Handley said the suspect vehicle was later recovered in Thistle Court by An Garda Siochana, having been set alight and completely destroyed.
“Enquiries are continuing to establish the circumstances, in what was an extremely distressing incident for those inside the house.
“Detectives would appeal to anyone who was in the Castle View area of Jonesborough and may have witnessed anything suspicious should contact them on the non-emergency number 101, quoting reference 2310 03/08/20 or submit a report online using our non-emergency reporting form via http://www.psni.police.uk/makeareport/ . You can also contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 or online at http://crimestoppers-uk.org/,” he added.