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| Tottenham shooting: Girl, 17, dies from gunshot wound | Tottenham shooting: Girl, 17, dies from gunshot wound |
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| A 17-year-old girl has been shot dead in north London. | A 17-year-old girl has been shot dead in north London. |
| Police were called to Chalgrove Road, Tottenham, at about 21:35 BST on Monday to reports of a shooting. | Police were called to Chalgrove Road, Tottenham, at about 21:35 BST on Monday to reports of a shooting. |
| The victim was found with a bullet wound and pronounced dead at the scene at 22:43. | |
| A 16-year-old boy is also critically ill in hospital after being shot in a separate incident in Walthamstow, east London, on the same night. A second teenage boy suffered stab wounds. | |
| The shootings come amid concerns over rising violent crime in the capital. | |
| Police do not know if they are connected at this stage. | |
| The teenage girl's next of kin have been informed and the Met said officers are continuing their inquiries and a crime scene is in place. | |
| In the Walthamstow shooting, police said they were called to Markhouse Road at 22:00 following reports of gun fire. | |
| The 16-year-old boy was found with bullet wounds and taken to an east London hospital where he remains in a critical condition. | |
| The second victim, a boy believed to be 17, has been taken to an east London hospital with stab injuries. | |
| There have been no arrests in either investigation. |