15/10/2007

London Teen Shot Dead

Police are urgently investigating the fatal shooting of an 18-year-old man killed last night as he sat in a car in southeast London.

The victim was in a silver Ford Fiesta in Long Walk in Plumstead around 11pm on Sunday, with another 18-year-old when two gunmen opened fire on the vehicle.

The other occupant of the vehicle was also injured in the shooting, but the injuries are not thought to be life threatening.

Operation Trident, the Metropolitan Police’s unit that investigates gun crime in London’s black community, is already investigating the incident.

(KMcA)


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