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The 1992 Sinn Féin Headquarters shooting, also known as the Sevastopol Street shooting, was a mass shooting committed by an off-duty RUC officer on 4 February 1992, at Sinn Féin's Falls Road office on Sevastopol Street in Belfast.While off-duty, Moore entered Sinn Féin's Falls Road office on Sevastopol Street at around 1.15 p.m. He then opened fire on the workers and civilians inside using his shotgun which was concealed in a suit carrier. He shot five people, killing Patrick ‘Pat’ McBride (40), Michael O'Dwyer (24), and Patrick ‘Paddy’ Loughran (61) and seriously injuring Patrick ‘Pat’ Wilson (28) and Norah ‘Kate’ Larkin.
While Moore attempted to leave, a stalwart from the neighbouring Green Cross Art Shop, Marguerite Gallagher, attempted to prevent him from leaving, holding on to him until Moore got to his car where Moore pushed her off of him.
At around 1.30 p.m. people trying to give aid to the wounded were assaulted by responding officers, resulting in a pregnant woman being punched in her stomach with a rifle butt.
After making a phone call to the RUC from a pub in North Belfast to claim responsibility,Moore drove around 15 miles to Ballinderry on the shore of Lough Neagh, where he would commit suicide.
The 1992 Sinn Féin Headquarters shooting, also known as the Sevastopol Street shooting, was a mass shooting committed by an off-duty RUC officer on 4 February 1992, at Sinn Féin's Falls Road office on Sevastopol Street in Belfast.While off-duty, Moore entered Sinn Féin's Falls Road office on Sevastopol Street at around 1.15 p.m. He then opened fire on the workers and civilians inside using his shotgun which was concealed in a suit carrier. He shot five people, killing Patrick ‘Pat’ McBride (40), Michael O'Dwyer (24), and Patrick ‘Paddy’ Loughran (61) and seriously injuring Patrick ‘Pat’ Wilson (28) and Norah ‘Kate’ Larkin.
While Moore attempted to leave, a stalwart from the neighbouring Green Cross Art Shop, Marguerite Gallagher, attempted to prevent him from leaving, holding on to him until Moore got to his car where Moore pushed her off of him.
At around 1.30 p.m. people trying to give aid to the wounded were assaulted by responding officers, resulting in a pregnant woman being punched in her stomach with a rifle butt.
After making a phone call to the RUC from a pub in North Belfast to claim responsibility,Moore drove around 15 miles to Ballinderry on the shore of Lough Neagh, where he would commit suicide.
