The detective leading the investigation into the murder of a father outside a school in Belfast said the lone gunman appears a “cold, callous and calm individual”, who he believes has struck before.
Jim Donegan, 43, died after the attack as he waited in his Porsche Panamera to collect his 13-year-old son from St Mary’s Christian Brothers Grammar School.
Scores of youngsters were leaving various schools sited close together on the Glen Road in the west of the city on Tuesday December 4 as the gunman fired eight shots at Mr Donegan.
A funeral will take place for Mr Donegan on Thursday.
Detective Chief Inspector Pete Montgomery, who is leading the police investigation, described the incident as a “cold callous assassination of a father”.
A number of motives are being considered in the murder probe, he added.
The Police Service of Northern Ireland last week released CCTV footage of the man they believe shot Mr Donegan, walking towards the scene.
It shows a figure wearing a high visibility jacket with the words security on the back.
On Tuesday, a week on from the shooting, police released new CCTV footage which shows the alleged gunman crossing at a pedestrian crossing in the company of primary school children.
Mr Montgomery said the new footage shows him raising his hand to stop traffic before fleeing the scene on foot.
He said at a press conference at the scene on Tuesday that the gunman “appears to be a very cold, callous and calm individual”, adding he believed he had done this before.
“The chilling CCTV footage shows him walking down the Glen Road before stopping outside Christian Brothers Secondary School,” he said.
“He then activates and waits at the pedestrian crossing for the green man before walking casually across the road in front of schoolchildren.
“He then shoots Jim and while fleeing from the scene, walks out in front of cars, holding his hand up to stop them, before jogging back along the Glen Road and into Clonelly Avenue, where he disappears.
“Were you standing beside the gunman at the lights? Were you driving one of the cars stopped at the pedestrian crossing as he walked across? Were you the driver of one of the cars when he stepped out on to the road after he’d murdered Jim?
“If you were, please get in touch with me or one of my detectives as you may have information which is vital for my investigation.”
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