Man (30s) dies following incident on Dublin's Henry Street

Ellen O'Donoghue

A man in his 30s died following an incident on Henry Street in Dublin on Friday.

Shortly after 5pm, gardaí were alerted after security detained a man on Henry Street in connection with an alleged shoplifting incident at a retail store.

During the incident, a man in his 80s was injured as the suspect attempted to flee.

The injured man was taken by ambulance to the Mater Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

The detained male, however, subsequently became unresponsive at the scene and was brought by ambulance to the Mater Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.

The scene was preserved and has since been forensically examined.

The coroner has been notified, and the Office of the State Pathologist will conduct a postmortem.

The results of the postmortem will assist gardaí in determining the course of their investigation, a garda statement said.

Fiosrú, the police ombudsman, confirmed that the incident has been referred to them.

Gardaí have appealed for witnesses to come forward.

Additionally, they said they are appealing to anyone with video footage from Henry Street between 5pm and 5.30pm on Friday, May 15th, to contact them.

Investigations are ongoing, the garda statement said.