An 18-year-old man is to be charged with the murder of Emmett Shiels at Londonderry Magistrates Court on Saturday.

Mr Shiels, from Tyrconnell Street in the Bogside, was shot in the Bligh's Lane area of Derry on 24 June.

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Two other males, aged 16 and 17, who were questioned about the murder have been released without charge.

Mr Sheils was driving a pizza delivery van when he was caught up in a confrontation with a group of masked gunmen.

Earlier on Friday, officers working on the case carried out searches in the Fanad Drive area of Creggan.

A 16-year-old girl arrested in relation to Mr Shiels' murder has been released pending the preparation of reports for the Public Prosecution Service.

(BBC)

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