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Jump to full article: Irish Times (ie), 2010-02-09
Author: LARA MARLOWE in Washington
Intro: TWO IRISHMEN are recovering from gunshot wounds in a New York hospital after being shot by a security guard in a dispute over smoking at a bowling alley.
Gerard Hourigan from Limerick and Justin Donaghy from Navan, both age 29, were smoking indoors in a bowling alley in Queens at about 1.45am on Saturday when Michael Iavecchio (54), the bowling alley's security guard, told them to leave.
Mr Iavecchio then escorted them outside and a fight ensued. The guard, a retired policeman, pulled out his .380 calibre Ruger semi-automatic pistol and shot Mr Hourigan on the right side of the torso and Mr Donaghy in the stomach.
"This has been an enormous trauma," said a young American woman who identified herself as Mr Hourigan's wife. She was reached by telephone at the Elmhurst Hospital in Queens
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