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Wed 10 Oct 2007Additional armed gardaí to be sent to LimerickArmed detectives and members of the Emergency Response Unit (ERU) are to be drafted into gangland black spots in Limerick City in an effort to prevent renewed gun violence after a man was shot dead late on Monday night.Gary Grant, a 25-year-old father of three, was shot dead a short distance from his home at St Ita's St in the St Mary's Park housing estate. A gunman is believed to have approached his victim on foot and fired three shots, one of which was fatal, from a handgun at around 10.15pm.