Trainspotting 2 actor Bradley Welsh has been shot dead in Edinburgh, according to reports.
One man described Welsh as a “huge character” in Edinburgh. He said: “Devastating news about Brad Welsh tonight, a huge character in Scottish amateur boxing and the Hibernian support and someone who contributed a great deal to society through his charitable work and boxing gym.
Tributes were paid on social media, with one woman posting a picture of her and friends alongside Welsh in a boxing ring.
Welsh, who also appeared in an episode of Danny Dyer’s Deadliest Men, played gangland figure Mr Doyle in Danny Boyle’s T2 Trainspotting, starring alongside Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, and Robert Carlyle.