Glasgow Crime Stories: The deranged sniper who went on a two-hour shooting spree in the city It was one of the most violent and bloody days in Glasgow s history. A deranged sniper went on a two-hour shooting spree that left one man dead and 13 injured including a seven-year-old boy. Minutes before this own death at the hands of a police gunman James Griffiths had taken refuge in a top floor tenement firing randomly at the people below including young children in a packed play park.
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