DETECTIVES launched a major investigation last night after the manager
of a gun shop in the centre of Dundee was found murdered in the shop.
The dead man was Mr William Johnstone, 53, who lived in Strathbeg
Place, Broughty Ferry, near Dundee.
Police were called to Gow's shop in Union Street shortly before 5pm.
They said initial inquiries revealed that the shop had apparently been
closed since the normal opening time of 9am.
Detective Chief Superintendent Craigie Fiskin said: ''We would like to
speak to a woman who saw a man running from the shop shortly before
10am.''
He added police were also anxious to trace anyone in Union Street
between 8.30am and 10.30am, and the owners of cars parked in the street
between that time.
Anyone in the vicinity who saw anything suspicious is urged to contact
Tayside police.
Within minutes of the alert, police sealed off the street and brought
in a mobile communications HQ.
Detectives began a forensic examination of the premises, and
door-to-door inquiries are being carried out.
Tayside Police said that other Scottish forces had been asked for
assistance as their inquiries into the murder continued throughout the
night.
One shop owner in Union Street said: ''The first I knew was when the
police arrived as most of us were preparing to close for the day.
''The gunsmith's shop seemed busy most days, but I never knew any of
the staff.''
Why are you making commenting on The Herald only available to subscribers?
It should have been a safe space for informed debate, somewhere for readers to discuss issues around the biggest stories of the day, but all too often the below the line comments on most websites have become bogged down by off-topic discussions and abuse.
heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment.
We are doing this to improve the experience for our loyal readers and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself.
We are lucky at The Herald. We are read by an informed, educated readership who can add their knowledge and insights to our stories.
That is invaluable.
We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse.
In the past, the journalist’s job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com
Comments & Moderation
Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. You can make a complaint by using the ‘report this post’ link . We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments.
Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours.
Read the rules hereComments are closed on this article