A FATHER of one hailed as "a gift to his community" died from acute blood loss just minutes before paramedics could reach him after a shooting incident. A FATHER of one hailed as "a gift to his community" died from acute blood loss just minutes before paramedics could reach him after a shooting incident. Father-of-one died from blood loss minutes before paramedics could reach him after shooting incident - coroner's courtA Cork Coroner's inquest was told that Derry Coakley (58), an contracting machine operator from Macroom, bled to death by a roadside last October after severe suffering a gunshot wound to his arm. “He (Mr Coakley) was alive but he was moaning and rolling on the ground when we arrived," Det Garda O'Sullivan explained. Mr Coakley, who was from Castle Street in Macroom, had been working with his agri-machinery at Raleigh North at the time of the incident.

Source: Irish Independent April 02, 2019 20:15 UTC