Rodney Drive: Mark Hall shot dead in 'brutal' west Belfast attack

Mark Hall was in the living room of his house when shots were fired through the window

A man who was killed in a gun attack in west Belfast on Saturday afternoon was known to police.

Mark Hall died in hospital after two gunmen fired at least seven shots, including some through the living room window of his home in Rodney Drive.

Police described the attack, which happened shortly after 16:30 GMT, as "disgusting".

Det Supt Eamonn Corrigan said: "No one deserves to be killed, or killed in a brutal manner like this."

Det Supt Eamonn Corrigan said it was a "targeted attack"

He added: "These gunmen were completely reckless and dangerous in their actions.

"They fired shots in a street - a street in which a child was standing - and this child would've been visible to the gunmen.

"We could have been dealing with multiple fatalities today."

Det Supt Corrigan said it was a "targeted" attack.

He said that the victim, who was in his 30s, had been in the living room when the attack happened, along with a number of other family members, who narrowly avoided injury.

His sister was returning from a local shop when she saw the gunmen approaching the house.

She tried to intervene before the shots were fired. As the gunmen made off, they fired a shot at her, which "passed through her handbag".

Police remained at the scene of the shooting on Saturday night

The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has launched a murder investigation and appealed for anyone with information to contact them.

Police said there was no reason to believe there was a link between the killing and another suspected murder which happened in north Belfast on Saturday.