Car shooting casualty killed in 'focused assault'

A man who was killed in a late night auto shooting in Glasgow was focused in a pre-arranged assault, police have said.

Euan Johnston, 26, was in the driver's seat of a dark Audi RS4 bequest when he was shot, on Shields Road, close Scotland Street, at 23:45 on Tuesday.

He kicked the bucket a brief timeframe later at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital. A traveler in the auto was not harmed.

Police said Mr Johnston was shot at numerous times by the tenant of a dim hued Audi Q5.

Det Supt Jim Kerr, from Police Scotland's real examinations group, said Mr Johnston, from the Maryhill region of Glasgow, had been for a feast and was voyaging home, with one other individual in the auto, when he was shot at different times in a pre-arranged assault.

The other individual in the auto, who was not harmed, was being dealt with as "a critical witness", the criminologist said.

He additionally uncovered that an Audi Q5 that had been found in the city's Possil territory. The officer said the examination group was "intrigued" on the grounds that it was a similar sort of vehicle that had been seen driving from the scene.

The lead analyst said Mr Johnston, who might have turned 27 one week from now, was "known to police" and when requested that intricate, said: "It would be out of line truly yet we have had dealings with him before.

"Toward the day's end this is a man approaching his evening time business with his companion in the auto and he's been shot, and no one expects something to that effect."

Whenever inquired as to whether the shooting was connected to packs or medications, Mr Kerr said: "There could be an affiliation or specific thought process however we're keeping our alternatives open right now in connection to that."

Portraying the shooting, Det Supt Kerr said: "The man had quite recently ceased at a person on foot crossing on Shields Road, only south of its intersection with Scotland Street, when he was drawn nearer by the Audi Q5.

"Somebody from that vehicle shot him and afterward the auto hurried off in a northerly bearing on Shields Road and moved east toward Scotland Street towards the Kingston Bridge.

"This was clearly a focused on assault. In spite of the fact that it was very late around evening time, this can be a bustling range and there could have been various individuals strolling by or in vehicles."

Det Supt Kerr said nobody else was harmed however the shooting had been seen by individuals from the general population.

"This is a stunning occurrence and something that nobody ought to need to witness," he said.

"Right now there is no portrayal of anybody in the speculate auto, in any case, officers are as of now checking CCTV in the zone with an end goal to follow its developments and pro officers will complete scientific tests on the auto."

The criminologist said that extra officers were on watch in the Tradeston and Kinning Park ranges of the city, near where the shooting happened.

He included: "I would encourage anybody with data or any worries by any stretch of the imagination, to address them there.

"A noteworthy request has been set up by Greater Glasgow Division and the significant examinations group and other authority assets from the nation over."

Police shut Shields Road between St Andrews Drive and Scotland Street for quite a bit of Wednesday, furthermore shut Scotland Street between Shields Road and Carnoustie Street.

Travelers for the metro were not permitted access to the Shields Road station but rather were allowed to leave the station.

Administrators SPT prompted travelers to utilize the West Street, Kinning Park or Bridge Street stations.

The multi-story auto stop close to the station was additionally shut.