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Tottenham shooting: Girl, 17, dies from gunshot wound | Tottenham shooting: Girl, 17, dies from gunshot wound |
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Two shootings in London in the space of an hour have left a 17-year-old girl dead and a boy, 16, critically ill. | |
The teenage girl was found with a bullet wound in Tottenham on Monday night and pronounced dead at the scene. | |
The boy had been found with gunshot wounds in Walthamstow earlier, with another boy, 15 who had stab injuries. | |
The shootings come amid concerns over rising violent crime in the capital. Police are not treating the shootings as linked. | |
A police cordon is still in place in Chalgrove Road, near Northumberland Park, where the girl was pronounced dead at 22:43 BST. | |
A witness said a woman, believed to be the victim's mother, began "screaming" when she discovered the girl shortly after the shooting. | |
A local resident, who did not want to be named, said she heard multiple shots, which sounded like a "bomb" exploding. | |
She said: "It's not nice. I've lived here for 40 years, and in the last two or three years it's become not a nice place. | |
"There are so many drugs, stabbings and killings." | |
One witness, who works in a nearby shop, said he heard three distinct bangs, which sounded like "fireworks". | |
He said he saw the victim with blood on her chest sitting with friends following the shooting, before police cars and ambulances arrived. | |
Formal identification has yet to take place, but the girl's next of kin have been informed of her death. | |
In the Walthamstow shooting, police said they were called to Markhouse Road shortly after 22:00 following reports of gunfire. | |
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 15-year-old was also found at the scene with stab injuries and was also taken to hospital. | |
Police had initially given his age as 17. | |
There have been no arrests in either investigation. | There have been no arrests in either investigation. |