Brother of Irish sports star shot dead in Barcelona outside police station

Brother of Irish sports star shot dead in Barcelona outside police station The 36-year-old man was shot in the head on the Carrer de Balmes in Barcelona's city centre outside a National Police office, according to local news reports The brother of a well-known Irish sports star has been shot dead in broad daylight on a busy Barcelona street. The 36-year-old man was gunned down on Thursday morning on the Carrer de Balmes in Barcelona's city centre outside a National Police office. The man, said to be from Dublin’s north inner city, died from a gunshot wound to the head, local news outlet ElCaso.cat reported, with the attacker managing to escape following the slaying. The man was shot on the busy central street in front of the National Police's DNI office, which issues National Police ID cards and passports, the outlet said. Forensics officers erected a tent at the scene as investigators tried to track down the suspect. CCTV images have been released and the suspected murder weapon has been recovered. A local resident who lives close to the dead man’s parents in Dublin told the Irish Times they are “highly respected in the area. They really are lovely people as is his older brother who did his country proud in the sport which made him so well known. “Word is spreading fast around the local community as to who the Irish man who died is.” The shooting came as Barcelona was on high alert ahead of a visit from Pope Leo XIV on Thursday.