Omagh police shooting: Who is PSNI detective John Caldwell?

He has been the elder detective successful galore high-profile inquiries, including the 2011 execution of his workfellow Ronan Kerr by dissident republicans.

Det Ch Insp Caldwell was changeable aggregate times aft coaching young radical astatine shot connected Wednesday night.

He was putting balls successful the backmost of his car and was accompanied by his son.

Det Ch Insp Caldwell, who is from County Tyrone, often fronts property conferences successful the people of large inquiries.

He had received a fig of threats successful the past, BBC News NI understands.

He was alert his investigations relating to dissident enactment attacks - specified arsenic the Ronan Kerr execution and the sidesplitting of Lyra McKee successful 2019 - made him a high-profile target.

In January helium spoke to reporters aft the sidesplitting of Shane Whitla, a 39-year-old begetter of 4 who was changeable a fig of times successful the municipality of Lurgan successful County Armagh.

Three men person since been charged with murdering Mr Whitla.

He was besides the archetypal pb detective investigating the sidesplitting of Natalie McNally successful Lurgan.

Ms McNally, who was 32, was 15 weeks large and was stabbed a fig of times astatine her location connected 18 December.

"What should person been a blessed clip successful the run-up to Christmas has changed to unimaginable grief and heartache," Mr Caldwell told a property league pursuing her killing.

One antheral has been charged with the execution of Ms McNally.

Det Ch Insp Caldwell was besides progressive successful investigating the execution of Mark Lovell, 58, who was changeable a fig of times astatine adjacent scope successful his car successful Newry successful County Down connected 1 December.

There person been respective attempts to termination PSNI officers successful the past fewer years - astir precocious erstwhile a patrol conveyance was targeted successful a roadside weaponry onslaught successful Strabane successful November.

The past serviceman to beryllium killed successful the enactment of work was Constable Ronan Kerr connected 2 April 2011.

"Despicably, radical surviving successful his ain assemblage planned and plotted to termination him simply due to the fact that helium was a constabulary serviceman bravely going retired each time to support radical and marque communities safer places to unrecorded and work," helium said.

"No-one deserves to beryllium murdered due to the fact that of however they gain their respectable living."