Four people including seven-year-old girl injured in London shooting
‘No one knew if it was a bomb or gunman’: Drive-by shooters injure seven-year-old girl and three women aged 48, 54 and 41 when they open fire outside double funeral of single mother and her 20-year-old daughter
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Three women and a seven-year-old girl, have been injured in a shooting outside a funeral in north London, the Metropolitan Police said.
All four sustained gunshot wounds when unidentified perpetrators performed a drive-by shooting outside St Aloysius church on Phoenix Road opposite Euston railway station at around 2pm this afternoon.
The women – aged 48, 54 and 41 – were taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries, though police said the 48-year-old suffered potentially ‘life-changing’ trauma.
The seven-year-old victim was also rushed to hospital, but there is no update on her condition.
A witness who claims they were inside St Aloysius Church when the incident took place told MyLondon: ‘It was chaos. It was horrible. No one knew if it was a bomb or gunman.’
Police are pictured having cordoned off the scene of a shooting outside a funeral at a church on Phoenix road, North London
The witness added: ‘We were looking for places to hide. We all just snuggled into corners where we could. We left after about 10 minutes, I did not dare [leave before]. It was not nice.’
The Met released a statement claiming initial enquiries suggest the shots were fired from a moving vehicle which quickly fled the scene.
‘There is a significant police presence in the area. An urgent investigation is under way and details of the incident are still emerging,’ the Met said.
‘At this early stage there have been no arrests.’
Anyone who witnessed the incident or who has information about what took place should call 101, giving the reference 3357/14JAN.
Information can also be provided to Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111
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