Prison worker targeted in Bearsden street shooting Published duration 5 June 2019

image caption Roads were closed while police investigated the shooting

A prison worker has been targeted in a street shooting in East Dunbartonshire.

Police Scotland said a 38-year-old man was shot at as he left a house in Rannoch Drive, Bearsden, in the early hours of Wednesday.

They believe he was the "intended target". No-one was hurt in the incident but it is being treated as attempted murder.

The private firm that operates HMP Addiewell in West Lothian later confirmed the man is an employee.

Residents reported gunfire in Rannoch Drive, Bearsden at about 05:30 on Wednesday.

Detectives said the man with the gun got back into a silver or grey coloured Skoda, possibly a Fabia, driven by another person.

The car made off, heading south on Rannoch Drive.

image caption A cordon is in place around the scene

Det Insp Stuart Dougan of the Major Investigation Team, said: "Thankfully no one has been injured as a result of this shooting but there could have been 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."

He said detectives knew the Skoda was parked in Rannoch Drive prior to the attack.

Officers are assessing CCTV from the area as well as carrying out door to door enquiries.

image caption The scene of the incident in Bearsden

Det Insp Dougan added: "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."

A spokeswoman from Sodexo Justice Services, which operates HMP Addiewell, said: "We can confirm that there was an incident involving one of our employees this morning which is now under police investigation and so we are unable to comment further at present.

"We will support our employee and his family in any way we can."