Crime & Law

Love/Hate actor shot in Dublin city centre

Leroy Harris brought to Mater hospital with non-life threatening injuries

The scene where Leroy Harris was shot at Rutland Cottages in Dublin’s north Inner city this morning. Photograph: Colin Keegan, Collins Dublin.
The scene where Leroy Harris was shot at Rutland Cottages in Dublin’s north Inner city this morning. Photograph: Colin Keegan, Collins Dublin.
Fri May 16 2014 - 09:14

Love/Hate actor Leroy Harris has been shot in the leg in Dublin in a suspected case of mistaken identity.

Gardaí in Mountjoy station are investigating the shooting which occurred at Rutland Cottages in the north inner city early this morning.

Mr Harris was walking with another male near Rutland Cottages at around 3.40am when a lone man approached them and fired a gun.

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Mr Harris (20) was taken to the Mater Hospital with non-life threatening injuries while his companion was uninjured.

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Gardaí believe the shooting may have been a case of mistaken identity.

Mr Harris plays a minor role in the RTÉ gangland drama Love/Hate. His character was involved in a scene in which a cat was machine gunned.