Man shot dead in north Belfast attack

A man was killed tonight in a gun attack in north Belfast.

A man was killed tonight in a gun attack in north Belfast.

A police spokesman said the victim was shot near the Horseshoe Bend on the Upper Crumlin Road .

The dead man was sitting in the driver's seat of a silver Vauxhall car when he was shot.

A passenger in the car was taken to hospital, suffering from shock.

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