Big Mick. Here is the report taken from last nights Belfast Telegraph. It does not give his name, looks like he was just a kid on his way to work. If they want the IRA to give up their weapons they are going about it in the wrong way.

Catholic shot at point blank range By Darwin Templeton and Claire Regan A CATHOLIC teenager was shot dead in Antrim today as he waited for a lift to work, further heightening tensions in the run-up to Drumcree.

The victim - thought to be just 19 - was gunned down at the Greystone roundabout in Antrim at around 7.15am.

First reports said that two killers were waiting as he approached and he tried to run off, but tripped.

One gunman then stood over him and opened fire, before the pair fled on a motorbike towards the M2.

Detectives were examining a motorcycle found close to the Rathbeg roundabout.

Local people said the dead man had been threatened by loyalists, and RUC Assistant Chief Constable, Alan McQuillan, could not rule out a sectarian motive for the murder.

He said that the attack was carefully planned and appeared to have been the work of paramilitaries.

"Some group was involved, but which one we are not sure," he said.

Security chiefs are braced for an attack by militant loyalists as tensions rise over the Drumcree ban.

The LVF is known to have a cell in Antrim and dissident groups such as the Orange Volunteers have also been active in the area.

It is understood that the dead man lived on the nearby Greystone estate and was on his way to work at a factory in Newtownabbey.

Detectives believe that his killers may have targeted their victim over a period of time, building up a picture of his movements.

Sinn Fein spokesperson, Martin McManus, said that the murder had sent shockwaves through the community.

"It's an absolute disgrace. This was a young man on his way to work, who had never done anyone any harm and he has had his life taken away," he said.

PUP spokesperson, Ken Wilkinson, who also knew the family, condemned the attack.

"I spoke to his father this morning and he was distraught," he said.

"Some people will be sitting this morning thinking they are heroes, but they are anything but," he said.

Alliance Assemblyman, David Ford, said: "At this sensitive time it would seem that some are intent on dragging us all back to the darkest days of the Seventies.

"This type of behaviour accomplishes nothing and I would ask the public to assist the police in any way they can to help catch those responsible."