A man has been charged with the murder of Lyra McKee.
Detectives from the PSNI’s Major Investigation Team say they “have charged a 52-year-old man with the murder of 29-year-old journalist Lyra McKee, who was shot dead by terrorists in Derry/Londonderry on 18 April 2019”.
The man, from the city who was arrested by detectives yesterday and taken to Musgrave Serious Crime Suite, “is also charged with possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life and professing to be a member of a proscribed organisation”.
The police say he will appear at Derry Magistrates Court on Thursday, February 13.
Detective Superintendent Jason Murphy said: “I have always said a number of individuals were involved with the gunman on the night Lyra was killed, and while today is significant for the investigation the quest for the evidence to bring the gunman to justice remains active and ongoing.”
It is understood the 52-year-old man charged “is one of a number of individuals subject to this ongoing murder investigation”.
