Off-duty police officer is shot at a sports complex in Omagh, Northern Ireland 

An off-duty police officer has been shot at a sports complex in Omagh, Co Tyrone, while reportedly coaching a football session. 

There are reports that the officer was hit up to four times at the facility on the Killyclogher Road at about 8pm this evening.

The Northern Ireland Ambulance Service said they received a 999 call at 8.02pm following reports of an incident in the Slievard area.

‘NIAS dispatched a Rapid Response Paramedician Emergency Crew and an ambulance officer to the incident,’ a spokesperson said.

‘Following assessment and initial treatment at the scene, one patient was taken by ambulance to Altnagelvin Area Hospital.’

Ulster Unionist Party MLA Tom Elliott has indicated the officer was shot in front of young people at a football coaching session.

‘Despicable, cowardly action. No place in society for this,’ he tweeted.

An off-duty police officer has reportedly been shot at a sports complex in Omagh, Co Tyrone (pictured)

Police in Northern Ireland have confirmed that a serving police officer has been taken to hospital after being injured in a shooting incident.

A PSNI spokesperson said police are currently at the scene of the shooting in the Killyclogher Road area of Omagh.

‘One man, a serving police officer, has been taken to hospital for treatment after being injured in a shooting incident at a sports complex just before 8pm this evening,’ they said.

‘More details will be issued when available.’

Former Stormont justice minister Naomi Long said her thoughts were with the officer, his family, colleagues and all those affected by the shooting.

She branded the attack an ‘evil act of cowardice’.

This is a breaking story…More updates to follow.