The Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery is issuing an appeal for information as part of the investigation into the death of William Marchant in April 1987.
William, known as Billy to family and more widely known as Frenchie, was shot outside the offices of the PUP on the Shankill Road, Belfast at approximately 3:00pm on Tuesday 28 April 1987. He later died at the Mater Hospital. He was 39 years old. The Shankill Road was busy at the time and two members of the public also suffered injuries in the incident.
A brown, Datsun Bluebird car, registration number YOI 2557, was used in the attack. The car had been hijacked earlier in the day after a family was held at gunpoint overnight at Tullymore Gardens in west Belfast.
The car is believed to have been driven away from the scene on the Shankill Road via Bellevue Street and was found on fire later that evening on Springfield Avenue.
Billy was a well-known figure on the Shankill Road and his death remains unsolved. The Commission is urging all those with information to come forward in a bid to assist the investigation and help provide the Marchant family with information.