A 38-year-old man was shot at in a targeted attempted murder bid in a leafy Glasgow suburb.
The attack happened in the early hours of this morning, around 5.30am, as the man was leaving a house in Bearsden.
Worried locals in Rannoch Drive awoke to a heavy police cordon around much of their street. Road signs and police tape greeted neighbours and families escorting their children to nearby Killermont Primary and Nursery.
Nobody was injured during the incident, however Police Scotland officers are treating the incident as attempted murder.
The suspect who had the firearm then got back into a silver or grey coloured Skoda, possibly a Fabia, driven by another person and made off south along Rannoch Drive.
One local said: "I've been told a car drove into the street early this morning and a man got out with a shotgun and fired once. The blast smashed part of a window panel.
"He then got back into the car which drove away.
"It is terrifying that this kind of thing can go one here, even if it does seem to have been targeted at a specific person."
Detective Inspector Stuart Dougan, Major Investigation Team, said: “Thankfully no one has been injured as a result of this shooting but there could have had a very different outcome.
“We believe, from our investigation so far, that the man was the intended target of the shooter.
“However, it doesn’t matter whether intended or not, to use a firearm so recklessly is incredibly dangerous. We will be treating this as attempted murder.
“We know that the Skoda was parked in Rannoch Drive prior to the attack and officers are in the area at the moment looking at CCTV, both private and public, as well as carrying out door to door enquiries.
“Residents in the street would have either been in their beds or just waking up when this took place and we would appeal for anyone who may have seen or heard anything, and has not already spoken to police, to get in touch.”
Anyone with any information should contact Police via 101, quoting incident number 0352 of Wednesday 5 June 2019. Alternatively, details can be given in confidence to CRIMESTOPPERS on 0800 555 111.
