THE partner of Euan Johnston was on the phone to him when he was shot in his car at traffic lights.
Danielle Carruthers, 33, who had a child with Mr Johnston, told the High Court in Glasgow she had phoned Mr Johnston, who was known as EJ, to see what time he would be home.
She said: “He said he was on the way to drop his friend Brian McMahon off and would be home soon. Immediately after he said that there was a revving of the car and a loud bang. I was shouting 'Euan are you alright.'
“I didn't know what had happened. It wasn't until I heard Brian screaming 'Euan, Euan, Euan,' over and over again I knew something was wrong.”
Ms Carruthers, who was in a relationship with Mr Johnston for three and a half years, said at first she thought it was an accident.
But, she told jurors she then heard another voice on the phone saying: “Who is that ,” and the reply: “EJ has been shot in the face.”
She was giving evidence at the trial of Anthony Ruthven, 32, and David Scott, 33, who deny murdering Euan Johnston in Kinning Park, on November 15 last year.
The High Court in Glasgow has heard that Mr Johnston died from a catastrophic head injury after being shot in his car, an Audi RS4, at traffic lights.
Ms Carruthers told prosecutor Alex Prentice QC that she quickly got dressed, organised child care and then drove.
For a while she said she could still hear what was happening in Scotland Street on her phone as she drove. She said: “I could hear someone saying ' Take your jacket off and wrap it round his head.'”
She added: “I was in a panic, I hung up and called Euan's dad. He told me to come and get him right away and we drove to the new hospital.”
The court was told when she arrived at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital Mr Johnston was on a life support machine.
Mr Prentice asked her: “Were you there when the decision was made to switch off the life support machine,” and she replied: “Yes.”
When asked if Mr Johnston was in employment at the time Ms Carruthers replied: “I'm not sure.”
The trial before judge Lady Stacey continues.
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