A TOP cop has not ruled out the possibility that the gunman who carried out a botched shooting at a Glasgow school had an accomplice.

Detective Chief Inspector John Kennedy was among officers carrying out a stop and interview operation at St George’s Primary School in Penilee yesterday.

They want to find out more information which could help them snare the gunman who remains at large.

The gunman was pushing a four-wheel, collapsible-type buggy in a bid to blend in with other parents before he discharged the firearm at Ross Monaghan’s back last Monday.

Monaghan, 35, was shot at close range by the gunman who approached him after he dropped his daughter off at the school.

The gunman scampered in the confusion onto Hollybrush Road towards Langstile Road.

He was wearing a blue padded jacket, blue jeans, a dark woollen bobble hat and a woollen scarf pulled up around his face.

DCI Kennedy admits that his detectives are still piecing together the gunmen’s next movements and that includes considering he had an accomplice.

He said: “I can’t see him doing it on his own and taking the risk of getting stuck or the car not being ready to go as quickly as possible in case the gun had jammed or something like that.

“We know he has been here on January 13, we can now confirm that.

“The days before that we have no sightings of him. We don’t know what preparation he done prior to it

“But certainly I would assume that they had been here before at least one day doing preparatory work and in the same vein you would have to imagine that people have just not noticed him.

“That is why we are doing this stop and interview operation.”

DCI Kennedy also confirmed that officers are pouring over hours of CCTV images in order to identify the direction the gunman travelled.

He said: “It is still an extensive enquiry with regards to CCTV.

“We are looking at every option. We are looking at going South, North, East and West.

“Even for example going into Hillington, there are 40 cameras in that area itself so that is what is taking its time.

“CCTV is significant and there is a full team on that.”

In the Evening Times home delivery edition yesterday, we reported the pram used in the shooting has taken cops investigating as far as China as they look to find out where the buggy came from.

DCI John Kennedy has admitted that the search to find out where the pram was bought has caused officers “a slight delay” in their enquiry.

He said: “We have not recovered the pram at all. What we have been looking at is similar type prams.

“Looking at the manufacturer, the distribution and the retail aspects of the prams to try to track it down.”

He added: “There are many buggies on the market and the models change regularly - that is what is causing a slight delay in that part of the enquiry.

“We continued enquiries right back to China - that is how far we have gone with this to try and establish where the pram comes from.”

Yesterday, 20 uniformed police officers and several plain clothed detectives took to the streets surrounding the school for the stop and interview operation.

DCI Kennedy said: “This operation was about speaking to people who were in the area last week, or who perhaps use this route on a regular basis. Hopefully we can jog their memories into remembering something they may have seen or heard that could assist our investigation.

“Our inquiries so far have shown that the suspect is believed to have been in the area, outside the school, on Friday, January 13, with the buggy, so I’m appealing to parents, local residents, or anyone who was in the area that day and who may have seen something to contact us.”

He added: “It’s possible the suspect made off in a vehicle and I’m asking people in the surrounding areas to think back and consider if they noticed anything unusual or suspicious. Did you see the man with the buggy, did you see him get into a vehicle?

“I’d like to reassure the local community that we are working to identify who is responsible.”