Bullet found in tree after attack at school
A BULLET has been recovered from a tree where a convicted drug dealer 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, 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 show a man pushing a buggy wearing a blue padded jacket, a scarf wound around his face and a bobble hat pulled 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.
In 2011 he admitted deal- ing cocaine and was ordered to wear an electronic tag for nine months.
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 ands later discharged. The suspect is thought to have been outside the school with the buggy three days before the shooting.