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09/02/2007
Peckham teenager shooting - suspects released
Four people arrested in connection with the murder of Peckham teenager Michael Dosunmu have been released on bail.
The four - a 20-year-old man and three male youths aged 17, 16 and 15 - were arrested on Wednesday night. They have been bailed to return to police in March.
Fifteen-year-old Michael was shot by two gunmen who forced their way into his home in Diamond Street in Peckham, south London, shortly after midnight on Tuesday.
Michael's older sister was also in the house at the time of the shooting and was able to give her brother first aid. However, the teenager, who turned 15 on Sunday, died in hospital less than an hour later.
Michael was a regular at the Celestial Church of Christ in nearby Bird in Bush Road and also attended St Michael's Secondary School in Bermondsey.
Scotland Yard's Operation Trident team, which investigates gun crime in the black community in the capital, is investigating the murder and officers said that no link had been found between the boy and local gangs.
Earlier this week, a police spokesperson said: "This does not appear to have been a botched burglary. I believe these premises were specifically targeted."
Police have since revealed that a link has been established between Michael's murder and the fatal stabbing of 21-year-old Javarie Crighton in Southampton Way, just yards from Michael's home, last Saturday.
Orando Madden, 23, appeared in court this week charged with that murder.
(KMcA)
The four - a 20-year-old man and three male youths aged 17, 16 and 15 - were arrested on Wednesday night. They have been bailed to return to police in March.
Fifteen-year-old Michael was shot by two gunmen who forced their way into his home in Diamond Street in Peckham, south London, shortly after midnight on Tuesday.
Michael's older sister was also in the house at the time of the shooting and was able to give her brother first aid. However, the teenager, who turned 15 on Sunday, died in hospital less than an hour later.
Michael was a regular at the Celestial Church of Christ in nearby Bird in Bush Road and also attended St Michael's Secondary School in Bermondsey.
Scotland Yard's Operation Trident team, which investigates gun crime in the black community in the capital, is investigating the murder and officers said that no link had been found between the boy and local gangs.
Earlier this week, a police spokesperson said: "This does not appear to have been a botched burglary. I believe these premises were specifically targeted."
Police have since revealed that a link has been established between Michael's murder and the fatal stabbing of 21-year-old Javarie Crighton in Southampton Way, just yards from Michael's home, last Saturday.
Orando Madden, 23, appeared in court this week charged with that murder.
(KMcA)
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