Bradley Welsh, ‘Trainspotting’ actor, shot dead in Scotland

The actor — who appeared as gangland figure Doyle in the sequel to the hit movie about a group of heroin addicts in Edinburgh — was killed in Scotland’s capital on Wednesday night, the agency said.Police said they were called to an incident in the city at around 8:00 p.m. (3:00 p.m. ET), and a man was found seriously injured before dying at the scene.”His death is being treated as suspicious and inquiries are continuing,” police said in a statement provided to CNN.Welsh starred alongside Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner and Jonny Lee Miller in the popular follow-up movie, and has also appeared on TV series “Danny Dyer’s Deadliest Men.”The avid boxer also owned a gym in Edinburgh.Irvine Welsh, the writer of the Trainspotting novel on which the first movie was based, tweeted his condolences to his “amazing and beautiful friend.””Thanks for making me a better person and helping me to see the world in a kinder and wiser way,” tweeted Welsh, who was not related to the actor.