People in Omagh express shock and disgust at the shooting of a senior police officer. Niall_journo
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PSNI Det Ch Insp John Caldwell was shot a number of times in front of his son after coaching a football session for a group of teenagers. Two women I met hadn't heard the news, and the shock on their faces was palpable. One of them simply exclaimed: "Why?" She added: "I have young boys who play soccer and Gaelic football in the area and I was actually picking my son up at the same time this happened at another club in Fermanagh."You can feel it in the town today, it's very tangible, just very upsetting for everyone."Ray and Geraldine Wilson both live in Omagh and said there could be no justification for such an attack.Geraldine found it hard to put her feelings into words.
"I know a young fella who was at our church, he's about 12 or 13 years old, who was there at the sports club and he was very traumatised.
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