A florist boss who once fled the country to avoid going to prison for knife attacks was shot as he dropped his child off at nursery, a witness has revealed.
Ross Craig chased his attacker down the road after being shot in the leg in a residential Glasgow street on Thursday morning.a
And it has now emerged that he was gunned down after heading to one of his children's nurseries - where it is believed his assailant thought he would be particularly open to an attack - and had just put the other in the car.
Someone who saw the shocking incident told The Daily Record: 'The victim had just dropped off his kid at nursery and strapped his other kid into the back of his vehicle.
'He looked up and saw someone up ahead. When he went over to confront the person, it all kicked off and he was shot.'
The businessman, who owns the Regal Roses florists in the city, was jailed in 2010 after he carried out two late-night knife attacks in Glasgow four years earlier.
After his arrest he jumped bail and fled to Cyprus where he hid before returning to Britain to face justice.
The targeted attack, which is being treated as attempted murder, happened on Thursday morning in the Shawlands area at about 8.10am.
Mr Craig, 34, was shot once in the leg and ran after his attackers down three separate roads before the suspect jumped into a dark-coloured getaway vehicle.
The attacker is described as 5ft 7in and was wearing dark clothing and a dark beanie hat.
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