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Glasgow Police Officer Dies In Shooting

Glasgow Police Officer Dies In Shooting

A police officer who died after a gun was fired in a Glasgow police station has been named as 41-year-old Constable Rod Gellatly.

He was at Baird Street police station on Monday morning when the inciden happened.

An ambulance was called to the scene at around 11am. No one else is understood to have been involved.

A spokesman from the force said PC Gellatly's family has been informed.

Assistant Chief Constable Bernard Higgins said: "It is with great sadness that I have to tell you that a serving Strathclyde Police officer died in an incident where a firearm was discharged at Baird Street Police Office.

He added: "Our thoughts are with the officer's family and friends at this difficult time."

Officers from an independent force, Lothian and Borders Police, have been appointed to oversee an investigation into PC Gellatly's death.

Brian Docherty, chairman of the Scottish Police Federation, said: "It is too early to speculate as to the circumstances surrounding the tragic death and our thoughts turn immediately to his family who have lost their loved one and colleagues who have lost a friend."