Detectives in Cumbernauld are continuing their hunt for a gunman after a man was shot in the face on his doorstep.  Twenty-eight-year-old Edward Lyons is said to be in a stable condition in Monklands Hospital.  Police are treating the incident as attempted murder. It was the seventh shooting in Scotland in the last three weeks

 Ratho Drive is now the scene of Scotland's latest shooting. This morning as daily life continued in the quiet suburban street, forensic experts were gathering evidence.  Just before ten o'clock last night, Edward Lyons was gunned down at his front door.  A neighbour described how a man walking his dog heard the gunshot. When he reached the house, he found the 28-year-old bleeding from the face.

Detectives are now looking into Mr Lyons' background to establish a motive for the attempt on his life.

This is the latest in a spate of shootings this month. Just two hours after the incident in Cumbernauld, a gun was fired at the Glasgow home of a family of seven.  

On Sunday, Gary Docherty died from his injuries after being shot by an airgun in Duntocher. A week before, a schoolgirl was injured again by an airgun in Coatbridge. Three days earlier, Ronnie Dougan was shot dead in Torbrex Road in Cumbernauld. The same day, Graeme Baxter was found with fatal injuries in East Calder and at the start of the month, a gunman burst into a family home in Drumchapel, firing a shot at the six adults and three children who were inside.

Official figures for offences involved firearms and air weapons will not be published until October but they are expected to show a rise for the second year running. While progress is being made in keeping the availability of weapons down, police admit they cant be complacent.  One shooting, they say, is one too many.