Police have renewed an appeal for information on the 22nd anniversary of the murder of an LVF man in Co Down that sparked a loyalist feud.
Stephen Warnock, who was 35, was shot dead in Newtownards on September 13, 2002, in front of his three-year-old daughter.
He was struck a number of times while sitting in his blue BMW at a traffic light at Circular Road.
A motorcycle rider with a pillion passenger had pulled up alongside the car
His daughter was in the rear seat of the vehicle, but escaped injury.
The motorcycle used in the slaying was later found burnet out in the Chelsea Street area of east Belfast.
The murder happened during a period of heightened tensions between loyalist paramilitary groups, that led to the UDA expelling west Belfast ‘brigadier’ Johnny Adair.
The attempted killing of leading east Belfast UDA man Jim Gray less than a week later, in which he survived being shot in the face in the Garnerville area, was linked to the murder of Mr Warnock.
Mr Gray was later shot dead in October 2005, months after being expelled from the UDA.
Speaking of the killing of Mr Warnock, Detective Chief Inspector Byrne from the PSNI’s Legacy Investigation Branch said: ”This was a savage and reckless attack on a defenceless man and we are exploring a number of potential motives for the murder.
”Today I am appealing for anyone who may have been on Circular Road or in the general area before or after the murder and who may have information to speak with police.
“22 years have now passed since this senseless killing. I ask those who were involved, or heard accounts of what happened, either in the immediate aftermath or indeed over the years, to think about the devastating effect this has had on Stephen’s family, and to come forward and make themselves known to police.”