A gangster was chased through his pub in Costa del Sol and fatally shot by a hitman. The hitman had just killed the gangster’s criminal associate moments before.
Graphic footage broadcast on Spanish TV today shows the killer assassinating Scottish gangster Ross Monaghan, 43, after a pursuit through his bar.
The gunman is seen dressed in black, striding towards Monaghan as he stumbles and drops to his knees in front of him.
He appeared to turn to look at his killer after a desperate attempt to scramble away.
Bystanders are seen running for their lives before the assailant fires at least four rounds into Monaghan from close range.
Just moments before, the unknown hitman had killed the gangster’s associate, Eddie Lyons Jnr, outside the pub.
One man died instantly and although attempts were made to revive the other, he was also pronounced dead at the scene.Â
The shooting occurred late on Saturday, after the Champions League final between PSG and Inter Milan.
Spanish police confirmed this morning they had yet to make any arrests.
‘The investigation is continuing into the fatal shooting of two men at a pub in Fuengirola, with nothing new at the moment,’ a spokesperson said.
Dressed in black, a man with a gun storms through the bar before taking aim at Monaghan
The assassin (left) marches into Monaghan’s as a bystander (right) tries desperately to flee
The victims have been identified as Eddie Lyons Jr (right) and Ross Monaghan (left). The incident took place near the entrance of Monaghan’s Fuengirola in Andalusia.
Monaghan is seen in the clip, after being shot, sat upright against a wall, motionless, with clear wounds to his stomach.
His assassin appeared to be wearing a black ensemble with a white T-shirt masking his identity.
The footage was broadcast this morning on popular Telecinco programme El Programa de Ana Rosa.Â
Local reports today said Monaghan had seconds to try to escape after the gunman’s weapon jammed.
Police pushed back on claims that a third person had been hurt and was in hospital.
‘There is no record of another person or people being injured,’ a spokesperson said.
The wife of one of the victims witnessed the attack, according to Malaga-based news outlet Sur. The outlet did not say which man’s partner it was.Â
The gunman in understood to have fled on foot before rejoining an accomplice in a car who had driven him to the murder scene.
Yesterday morning, a British woman answered the phone at the Irish bar, which is reportedly owned by Ross Monaghan. She mentioned that the police had instructed her not to provide any comments regarding the incident.
Police have not made any arrests at the time of writingÂ
Police have so far retraced part of their escape route to the old N-340 dual carriageway heading towards Benalmadena.Â
Details on the getaway vehicle have not yet been released.
Officers from an elite Spanish National Police Costa del Sol-based Anti-Drug and Organised Crime Unit UDYCO are heading the ongoing probe, although they are reporting to a local investigating judge coordinating the operation.
Court officials are expected to confirm later today a secrecy order has been placed on the investigation, preventing public officials from making any detailed public comment.
Such orders, called a ‘secreto de sumario’ in Spanish, are often placed on criminal probes especially in their infancy to protect investigations by limiting the number of people who have access to sensitive information.
Some local reports cite witnesses in identifying the assassin as a ‘blond man.
Investigators are working on the theory that British nationals are behind the gangland killing, but detectives have not commented.
The National Police has confirmed two men were killed but declined to name them.
‘Around midnight on Saturday an incident with firearms occurred in Fuengirola, specifically at an entertainment venue along the seafront,’ reads the only official statement to date.
‘Two males died as a result from gunshot wounds. The investigation is ongoing and no arrests have been made so far.’
The scene of Saturday’s shooting. Police have confirmed two people died in the attack
Monaghans is located on the seafront and is a popular bar with tourists and expats
A British woman answered the phone at the Irish bar, said to be owned by Ross Monaghan, yesterday morning but said she had been told by the police not to comment.
Monaghans Fuengirola describes itself online as a place ‘where you can relax and spend the day enjoying great home cooked meals on a sunny terrace and watch live sporting events.’
It also bills itself as a ‘family friendly sports bar and restaurant located in Torreblanca, Fuengirola opposite one of the area’s most popular beaches.’
Torreblanca is to the east of Fuengirola town centre and a stone’s throw from an area called Los Boliches.
Career criminal Monaghan, who fled Scotland for Spain after a failed attempt on his life outside a Glasgow primary school in 2017, was tried but acquitted over the murder of notorious Glasgow hood Kevin ‘Gerbil’ Carroll at an Asda car park in 2010.
In August 2017 he and Eddie Lyons Jr, both members of the Lyons Glasgow crime family, were cleared of being involved in a brutal street attack on three men outside the Campsie bar in Bishopbriggs, East Dunbartonshire.
The shooting in Spain comes amid a violent gang war that has ripped through Scotland since March said to have started over a fallout over drugs.
Police working at the crime scene after the attack late on Saturday
Saturday night’s gun murders follow the fatal shooting nearly six weeks ago of a 32-year-old British man in nearby Calahonda a 15-minute drive from the Irish bar towards Marbella.
He was shot dead around 8pm on April 21 in a professional hit as he headed back to his car after finishing a football match with friends.
The killers fled in a getaway car that was later torched. Police are investigating the brutal assassination as a drug-related gang shooting but have yet to make any arrests.
The victim has not been named but was known to come from Liverpool.
Reports at the time described the incident as the fourth shooting so far that month on the Costa del Sol, where rival gangs have increasingly used extreme violence to settle scores and a number of international mafias are known to have a base.
Four days before the Calahonda shooting a 34-year-old man was rushed to the Costa del Sol Hospital in Marbella after being shot outside a nightclub in the famous Costa del Sol resort.
