{"id":299283,"date":"2025-07-28T19:45:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T19:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/299283\/"},"modified":"2025-07-28T19:45:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T19:45:11","slug":"man-dies-in-hospital-following-fermanagh-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/299283\/","title":{"rendered":"Man dies in hospital following Fermanagh shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"

A fourth person has died following a shooting in Maguiresbridge in Co Fermanagh last week.<\/p>\n

Police said Ian Rutledge, 43, died in hospital this evening following the shooting at a house on Drummeer Road last Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n

A murder investigation was launched last week.<\/p>\n

Police said they received a 999 call from someone inside the house appealing for help shortly before 8am last Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Officers were despatched immediately from Enniskillen station around 13km away.<\/p>\n

When they arrived at the property, they found four people inside with gunshot wounds.<\/p>\n

\"Photo
\nVanessa Whyte and her children, Sara and James<\/p>\n

Two of the victims of the shooting, a woman and a child, were pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n

A second child died later in hospital.<\/p>\n

They were named as 45-year-old Vanessa Whyte, a vet originally from Barefield, Co Clare, and her children, 14-year-old James Rutledge and Sara Rutledge, who was 13.<\/p>\n

Mr Rutledge had been in hospital in a serious condition following the shooting but died this evening.<\/p>\n

The PSNI has now reiterated their appeal for anyone with information to get in touch.<\/p>\n

“Detectives have reiterated their appeal for anyone with information, no matter how insignificant it may seem, to come forward,” a PSNI spokesperson said this evening.<\/p>\n

Last Friday, hundreds of people attended a vigil at Maguiresbridge Primary School which Sara and James had attended.<\/a><\/p>\n

The gathering was told the community’s heart was heavy and hurting.<\/p>\n

Prayers were offered for the emergency services who responded to the incident and had been met with a harrowing scene.<\/p>\n

Two minutes silence was observed in memory of the family.<\/p>\n

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