T2 Trainspotting Actor Bradley Welsh Dies after Shooting

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A man who starred as a gangland figure in Trainspotting 2 has been shot dead in Edinburgh.

 

Bradley Welsh, 42, who also appeared in an episode of Danny Dyer's Deadliest Men, was killed in an incident in Chester Street.

 

Armed officers were sent to the city's west end at about 20:00 on Wednesday.

 

One resident said he was told someone had been shot in the head and people were instructed to stay indoors as the street was cordoned off.

 

Police later confirmed officers had responded to reports of a disturbance and that a seriously injured man died at the scene.

 

'Police with guns'

 

Mr Welsh starred alongside Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, and Robert Carlyle in T2 Trainspotting, playing the gangland figure Mr Doyle.

 

Author Irvine Welsh paid tribute to "his beautiful friend" on social media.

 

Writing on Twitter, the Trainspotting writer said: "Bradley John Welsh, my heart is broken. Goodbye my amazing and beautiful friend. Thanks for making me a better person and helping me to see the world in a kinder and wiser way."

 

Bradley Welsh also appeared on Danny Dyer's Deadliest Men in 2008, where he described himself as a "born leader" on the episode.

 

Resident Alasdair Morton said armed police sealed off the area from Walker Street to Manor Place as someone had suffered a "gunshot wound to the head"...