Gerard Davison

Gerard Davison (c. 1967 – 5 May 2015) was a commander[1] of the Provisional IRA. He was shot and killed on 5 May 2015.[2]

Gerard Davison
Born	c. 1967
Died	5 May 2015 (aged 47) Belfast, Northern Ireland
Other names	Jock
Occupation	Provisional IRA commander
Children	3

Davison was quizzed about the murder of Robert McCartney in January 2005. He was released without charge.[3][4] Davison had been a community worker in the working class Markets area of Belfast.[4]

Death

On 5 May 2015 around 09:00 BST, Davison was shot numerous times at Welsh Street in the Markets area of south Belfast.[2][3] While police do not know who killed him,[2] Kevin McGuigan, a former subordinate of Davison's, was named as the chief suspect after he was also shot dead, reportedly by members of the Provisional IRA, on 12 August.[5]

On the evening of the killing, The Guardian’s Henry McDonald reported: “Davison is the most senior pro-peace process republican to have been killed since the IRA ceasefire of 1997. Security sources said it was highly unlikely that any Ulster loyalist group was behind the murders, adding that the killers may instead have come from within the nationalist community, possibly from people who had a longstanding grudge against the victim.”[6]

References

Morris, Allison (2019-09-23). "PSNI 'had information about a gun' two weeks before Gerard 'Jock' Davison murder". The Irish News. Retrieved 2019-11-14.
"Belfast shooting: Ex-IRA man Gerard 'Jock' Davison shot dead". BBC News. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
"Former IRA leader Gerard 'Jock' Davison shot dead in south Belfast". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
"Belfast murder: Who was ex-IRA man 'Jock' Davison?". BBC News. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
"Jock Davison murder suspect Kevin McGuigan Sr shot dead". The Irish News. Retrieved 2019-11-01.
McDonald, Henry (5 May 2015). "Belfast police raid home in connection with killing of Gerard 'Jock' Davison". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 5 May 2015.

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Provisional Irish Republican Army

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Attacks

1970–79	Battle of St Matthew's Falls Curfew 1970 Crossmaglen bombing Scottish soldiers' killings Red Lion bombing Balmoral showroom bombing Abercorn bombing Donegall Street bombing Battle at Springmartin Battle of Lenadoon Bloody Friday Claudy bombing Newry customs bombing Old Bailey bombing Honey Trap killings King's Cross & Euston bombings Coleraine bombings 1973 Westminster bombing M62 bombing Clogher attack Houses of Parliament bombing Tower of London bombing Guildford pub bombings Harrow School bombing Brook's Club bombing Woolwich pub bombing British Airways bombing attempt Birmingham pub bombings London pillar box bombings Talbot Arms bombing Bristol bombing Telephone Exchange bombings Oxford Street bombing Carlton Tower & Portman Hotel shootings Mountainview attack Bayardo Bar attack Forkhill attack Caterham Arms bombing Tullyvallen massacre London Hilton bombing Piccadilly bombing Trattoria Fiore bombing Scott's Oyster Bar bombing Walton's Restaurant bombing Drummuckavall ambush Balcombe Street siege Kingsmill massacre Cannon Street train bombing West Ham station attack Olympia bombing Store bar shooting Garryhinch ambush Jonesborough Gazelle downing La Mon restaurant bombing Crossmaglen ambush 1979 Bessbrook bombing Warrenpoint ambush Brussels bombing Dungannon attack
1980–89	Dunmurry train bombing Lough Foyle attacks Glasdrumman ambush 1981 Bessbrook attack Chelsea Barracks bombing Hyde Park & Regent's Park bombings Harrods bombing Royal Artillery Barracks bombing Brighton hotel bombing Ballygawley land mine attack Newry mortar attack Killeen attack Ballygawley attack Enniskillen mortar attack RUC Birches barracks attack Rheindahlen bombing Loughgall ambush Operation Flavius Corporals killings Lisburn bombing Aughanduff Lynx shootdown 1988 Netherlands attacks Glamorgan barracks bombing Inglis Barracks bombing Ballygawley bus bombing Jonesborough ambush Clive Barracks bombing Deal barracks bombing Derryard attack
1990–99	Derrygorry Gazelle downing South Armagh sniper Downpatrick roadside bomb Operation Conservation Carlton Club bombing 1990 Eltham bombing 1990 Wembley bombing Honourable Artillery Company bombing Lichfield gun attack RFA Fort Victoria bombing Proxy bombings Downing Street mortar attack Paddington & Victoria station bombings Mullacreevie ambush Glenanne barracks bombing Crumlin Road Prison bombing Teebane bombing London Bridge bombing Staples Cnr bombing Baltic Exchange bombing Sussex Arms bombing Cloghoge attack Coalisland riots Forensic Science Laboratory bombing Stoke Newington Road bomb 1992 Manchester bombing Night of the Long Knives 1993 Harrods bombing Warrington bombings Cullaville occupation Camden bombing Bishopsgate bombing Finchley Road bombings Battle of Newry Road Shankill Road bombing Heathrow attacks Crossmaglen Lynx downing Drumcree conflict Docklands bombing Aldwych bus bombing 1996 Manchester bombing Hammersmith Bridge bombing Osnabrück mortar attack Thiepval barracks bombing Coalisland attack 1997 Northern Ireland riots

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Espionage &
Supergrasses

Eamon Collins
Denis Donaldson
Joseph Fenton
Kevin Fulton
Raymond Gilmour
Martin McGartland
Sean O'Callaghan
Freddie Scappaticci (allegedly "Stakeknife")

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Prominent killings

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Gerard Davison

Death

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