{"id":430089,"date":"2026-05-03T11:08:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T11:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/430089\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T11:08:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T11:08:09","slug":"gardai-on-alert-after-handgun-produced-during-row-in-letterkenny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/430089\/","title":{"rendered":"Gardai on alert after handgun produced during row in Letterkenny"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gardai in Letterkenny are on high alert following an incident in the town yesterday in which a handgun is believed to have been produced.<\/p>\n<p>Donegal Daily understands the weapon was produced during an altercation between two group of men on a housing estate in the town.<\/p>\n<p>An argument ensued between the two groups when a number of men arrived at the Glenwood Park area of the town.<\/p>\n<p>A report has been made to Gardai that a handgun was produced during this disagreement.<\/p>\n<p>A description of a car involved in the incident was made to local Gardai.<\/p>\n<p>In a follow-up operation, the car was reported to be on the back of a tow-truck being driven out of Letterkenny just before 11pm last night.<\/p>\n<p>Five Garda patrol cars, both marked and unmarked, rushed to the scene where it is understood the tow-truck was stopped.<\/p>\n<p>There are no reports of any arrests at this stage following the incident. <\/p>\n<p class=\"font-sans font-semibold text-xl md:text-[30px] leading-9 text-primary w-full\">\n        You may also be interested in\n    <\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.donegaldaily.com\/news\/milford-gaa-seeking-support-ahead-of-100km-charity-cycle-632434\" class=\"block w-2\/5 shrink-0\" aria-label=\"Milford GAA seeking support ahead of 100km charity cycle\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/milford-gaa-seeking-support-ahead-of-100km-charity-cycle.jpg\" class=\"max-w-full w-full h-full object-contain relative z-10\" width=\"150\" height=\"84\"  alt=\"Milford GAA seeking support ahead of 100km charity cycle\" \/><\/p>\n<p>            <\/a><\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.donegaldaily.com\/news\/woman-caught-with-cocaine-at-garda-station-fined-632439\" class=\"block w-2\/5 shrink-0\" aria-label=\"Woman caught with cocaine at Garda station fined\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/woman-caught-with-cocaine-at-garda-station-fined.jpg\" class=\"max-w-full w-full h-full object-contain relative z-10\" width=\"150\" height=\"84\"  alt=\"Woman caught with cocaine at Garda station fined\" \/><\/p>\n<p>            <\/a><\/p>\n<p>A Garda spokesperson confirmed to Donegal Daily that they are aware of the incident.   <\/p>\n<p>The spokesperson confirmed &#8220;Garda\u00ed were alerted to an alleged incident at Glenwood Park, Letterkenny, Donegal on the evening of Saturday 2nd May, 2026 at approximately 5.30pm<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A number of men arrived at the location and it is believed a handgun was sighted.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No persons injured or damage to property. Investigations ongoing.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gardai in Letterkenny are on high alert following an incident in the town yesterday in which a handgun&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":430090,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":["post-430089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=430089"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430089\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/430090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=430089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=430089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=430089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}