WARZONE PROBE AS MAN SHOT IN STREET
Shooting follows earlier sword attack
DETECTIVES are probing links between a man being shot and thugs creating a “warzone” days earlier.
Officers yesterday asked the public for help as they investigated an attempted murder bid.
A 31-year-old male suffered gunshot wounds after he was targeted in Glasgow’s Baillieston area just after midnight on Friday.
He raised the alarm with residents in Barony Drive.
The incident came less than a week after a man was attacked with a sword in another area of the city.
A man was repeatedly stabbed in the head in Skerray Street, Milton, on Sunday, January 9. Locals said the area was turned into a “warzone”.
Police said inquiries into the stabbing were “still ongoing”.
Detectives were yesterday attempting to establish whether the two incidents are connected.
A source said: “Attacks like this obviously don’t happen by chance.
“The officers working on this investigation will be doing all they can to catch those responsible.
“They won’t be ruling anything out unless they’re 100 per cent.”
Shocked neighbours said that the gunshot victim stumbled down the street and knocked on a neighbour’s door for help.
He was taken to
Glasgow’s Queen Elizabeth University Hospital before being transferred to the city’s Royal Infirmary, where he is being treated.
Detective Inspector Andy Wright said: “Following inquiries, we are now able to confirm that this man was shot in the Barony Drive area shortly before he was found.
“We will have increased patrols there and I would like to reassure the local community that everything is being done to trace whoever is responsible.”