He fired a shot at the house in the daylight attack in Drumchapel, Glasgow, on Easter Sunday.
The family, including 15-year-old twin boys, a nine-year-old girl and an 85-year-old woman, cowered inside the house in Summerhill Place as the attack happened.
Sources said last night that the shooting was carried out in revenge for an earlier incident between rival gangs.
The bloody feud has been raging since Angus Malavin, 26, and his 17-year-old brother Zak were jailed for life in January for the savage sword murder of Andrew Curran.
Since then, Mr Curran's son has been slashed with a machete and the Malavins' father, Angus Snr, was knocked down in the street.
A trial witness also had her windows shot at and police have investigated everything from running street battles to sinister postings on social networking sites.
Neighbours in the street yesterday declined to talk about the shooting. But an underworld source said: "The gunman knew cops would be busy policing the Old Firm game and its aftermath.
"That's why he struck at 2pm while the game was on.
"He got out of a car, walked up next to a tree and fired a single shot at the house."
No one was injured in the attack.
But the source added: "It was very fortunate no kids were playing in the street at the time."
In a bizarre coincidence, the house is the former home of executed gangland enforcer Kevin "Gerbil" Carroll, who is believed to have moved out in 2008.
Strathclyde Police last night urged anyone with informat ion about the shooting to come forward.
The gunman escaped in a dark car which was driven at speed along the Peel Glen Road area.
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