Inquest shown video recorded at time of Nkencho shooting

The jury into the inquest of George Nkencho have been shown a short video recorded by a passerby who filmed the moment he was fatally shot by armed gardaí outside the family home in west Dublin in December 2020.

Alan O'Reilly said he was walking his dog in a green near the house when he saw a garda armed response unit at the scene.

He said there was a lot of noise and heard guards shouting "get down, get down".

His impression initially was that it was a raid taking place.

In a statement, Mr O'Reilly said he saw "a fella in a blue top walk into the garden of the house" and that there appeared to be "a standoff".

Mr O'Reilly said he took out his phone and recorded a short video which he uploaded to Snapchat but later removed it after his girlfriend asked him to.

Five gun shots were heard in the video played at the inquest.

Mr O'Reilly said he could see the family of Mr Nkencho were very upset afterwards and that a male was shouting "They shot George, they shot George".

Mr O'Reilly said he could see emergency medical assistance being administered to Mr Nkencho, who he did not know at the time.

The inquest took a short break after the video was played as it upset some members of the Nkencho family.