Sources close to the family of Stephen Sherman, 47, have informed The Tribune that police now believe his murder was a professional hit.
The sources said a number of people, including the suspected hitman, Sherman’s wife, and her brother – who is a police officer at a station in the North-Eastern district – have been called in for questioning.
According to well-placed sources, Sherman, who was the country’s 18th murder victim for the year, had just returned to his home from picking up his niece when he was approached by the gunman, who ordered him out of his vehicle.
The gunman, it is said, ordered Sherman to kneel before executing him.
