A bullet has been recovered from a tree where a man was shot near a primary school.
Ross Monaghan, 35, was shot in the back in a targeted attack moments after dropping his child off at St George's Primary in the Penilee area of Glasgow at around 9.05am on Monday.
He was approached by a man pushing an empty buggy who pulled out a gun and fired at him before fleeing along Hollybush Road.
Police investigating the attempted murder are analysing images and a video clip of the attacker taken by a member of the public shortly before the incident.
The images, published in The Scottish Sun, show a man pushing a buggy wearing a blue padded jacket, a scarf wound around his face and a bobble hat pulled down low.
Mr Monaghan was cleared of killing gangland figure Kevin ''Gerbil'' Carroll in 2012 after a judge ruled there was no case to answer due to insufficient evidence.
Specialist search officers have been examining the area around the school.
A Police Scotland spokeswoman said: "Following further forensic searches being carried out, a bullet has been recovered from a tree.
"It will be subject to further ballistics and forensic examination."
Mr Monaghan was treated at the city's Queen Elizabeth University Hospital for a shoulder injury but was later discharged.
The suspect is believed to have been outside the school with the buggy three days before the shooting.
Detectives said he may have left the scene in a vehicle after the attack and urged anyone with information to contact them.
They are trying to trace the buggy, which is described as being new with four-wheels and collapsible. It also had a rain hood attached.
Officers have been carrying out door-to-door inquiries and are also reviewing CCTV footage from in and around the area.
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 hereLast Updated:
Report this comment Cancel