A HANDGUN was taken from the scene where a motorcyclist crashed into a pole in Dublin yesterday.
The 35-year-old has been named as Shane Fowler.
He died when his bike collided with a pole on Dunsink Park, Finglas in Dublin at approximately 3pm.
He was taken to James Connolly Memorial Hospital in Blanchardstown where he later died.
It has since emerged that the deceased had survived an attempt on his life in 2006 and was closely linked to a criminal involved in a feud in the Finglas area that had escalated in recent weeks.
It is understood a second man took the weapon and fled the scene while Fowler was being tended to by paramedics.
Immediately after the crash, a firearm was discovered as paramedics from the Dublin Fire Brigade (DFB) were treating the man at the scene.
However, before gardai arrived, an unknown male emerged from the crowd that had formed around the crash and picked up the handgun before fleeing the scene.
Gardai do not believe that the motorcyclist was being chased before the crash, and are now attempting to establish what led to the collision and the firearm being found.
