sentences:  In other confrontations around the city in the same night, one IRA man and two Catholic civilians were also killed in exchanges of fire with the British Army  Thereafter, gun battles between the IRA in Belfast and the security forces became a regular occurrence.By July 1971, ten soldiers had died at the hands of the IRA in the city 
  
  On 15 April 1971, McKee, along with Proinsias MacAirt, was arrested by the British Army when found in possession of a hand gun.He was charged and convicted for possession of the weapon and imprisoned in Crumlin Road Gaol, and Joe Cahill took over as OC of the Belfast Brigade.