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| A 17-year-old girl has been killed and a 16-year-old boy is in a critical condition after two separate shootings in London. | A 17-year-old girl has been killed and a 16-year-old boy is in a critical condition after two separate shootings in London. |
| Police were called to an incident in Tottenham at 9.35pm on Monday and found Tanesha Melbourne-Blake with a gunshot wound. She was pronounced dead at the scene. | Police were called to an incident in Tottenham at 9.35pm on Monday and found Tanesha Melbourne-Blake with a gunshot wound. She was pronounced dead at the scene. |
| The victim was shot while in the street with a group of friends, by a gunman in a moving car. | |
| A woman who knew Tanesha said that she was “just chilling with her friends” when she was shot from a car for “no reason at all” in Chalgrove Road, a residential street near Northumberland Park station. | A woman who knew Tanesha said that she was “just chilling with her friends” when she was shot from a car for “no reason at all” in Chalgrove Road, a residential street near Northumberland Park station. |
| “The car just pulled up and just started shooting,” said the 21-year-old friend, who did not want to be named. She said she heard the gunshots “like fireworks” from her house. | |
| She said that Tanesha’s mother arrived before paramedics, adding: “She was screaming. She didn’t know what to do.” | She said that Tanesha’s mother arrived before paramedics, adding: “She was screaming. She didn’t know what to do.” |
| “She didn’t deserve that. Her mum didn’t deserve to watch her die,” she said. She described the victim as a “good girl”, adding: “She was so lovely.” | “She didn’t deserve that. Her mum didn’t deserve to watch her die,” she said. She described the victim as a “good girl”, adding: “She was so lovely.” |
| Less than an hour later, officers were alerted to another shooting about three miles away in Walthamstow, east London, where they found a 16-year-old boy with gunshot injuries and a 15-year-old boy with stab wounds. | Less than an hour later, officers were alerted to another shooting about three miles away in Walthamstow, east London, where they found a 16-year-old boy with gunshot injuries and a 15-year-old boy with stab wounds. |
| The two shootings will fuel concerns over a rise in violent crime in London. A murder investigation has been launched into the killing of the girl in Tottenham – the 47th so far this year by the Metropolitan police. There were eight in January, 15 in February, 22 in March and two so far in April. | The two shootings will fuel concerns over a rise in violent crime in London. A murder investigation has been launched into the killing of the girl in Tottenham – the 47th so far this year by the Metropolitan police. There were eight in January, 15 in February, 22 in March and two so far in April. |
| If the rates keeps up, London could surpass 180 homicides this year, back to the levels last seen in 2005 when there were 181. Last year there were 116 homicides in London, excluding the deaths in the Westminster, London Bridge and Finsbury Park terrorist attacks. | If the rates keeps up, London could surpass 180 homicides this year, back to the levels last seen in 2005 when there were 181. Last year there were 116 homicides in London, excluding the deaths in the Westminster, London Bridge and Finsbury Park terrorist attacks. |
| The drive-by shooting saw at least two shots fired with the street busy at around 9.30pm on a bank holiday evening. | |
| Tanesha was struck in the upper body and another bullet hit a nearby property. | |
| She fell in the street and paramedics battled in vain to save her. | |
| When police first arrived they found a total of 60 people around the scene where Tanesha was shot. | |
| Detectives from Scotland yard’s homicide command are investigating the possibility that the killing was linked to a feud between gangs in Tottenham and Wood Green. | |
| Local sources believe the attack was connected to the feud, which has seen a youngster shot in Tottenham, and then a youngster gunned down and killed outside the Wood Green Vue cinema. That was followed the next day by what is believed to be a reprisal stabbing outside a north London sixth form centre. | |
| The 21-year-old witness said that she had been unable to help Tanesha. | The 21-year-old witness said that she had been unable to help Tanesha. |
| “Her friend came banging on my door so I came out quickly,” she said. “I even tried to save her - had to, had to.” | “Her friend came banging on my door so I came out quickly,” she said. “I even tried to save her - had to, had to.” |
| She said the gunshot wound, below the victim’s breast, was not immediately visible and it looked like she was “having a fit”. | She said the gunshot wound, below the victim’s breast, was not immediately visible and it looked like she was “having a fit”. |
| “I put her on her side and I was just rubbing her back, saying ‘everything’s going to be OK’. I just can’t believe it - so young. It’s ridiculous now.” | “I put her on her side and I was just rubbing her back, saying ‘everything’s going to be OK’. I just can’t believe it - so young. It’s ridiculous now.” |
| A Scotland Yard spokeswoman said paramedics had worked to save the girl but she was pronounced dead at 10.43pm. “Her next of kin are aware and a crime scene is in place. No arrests have been made at this stage,” she said. | A Scotland Yard spokeswoman said paramedics had worked to save the girl but she was pronounced dead at 10.43pm. “Her next of kin are aware and a crime scene is in place. No arrests have been made at this stage,” she said. |
| The 16-year-old boy who was shot in the Markhouse Road area of Walthamstow was taken to a hospital in east London where he remained in a critical condition on Tuesday. The other boy who was stabbed was also being treated in hospital. | The 16-year-old boy who was shot in the Markhouse Road area of Walthamstow was taken to a hospital in east London where he remained in a critical condition on Tuesday. The other boy who was stabbed was also being treated in hospital. |
| Stella Creasy, the Labour MP for Walthamstow, tweeted: “Walthamstow – can confirm tonight we have had another serious incident involving shooting and stabbing. | Stella Creasy, the Labour MP for Walthamstow, tweeted: “Walthamstow – can confirm tonight we have had another serious incident involving shooting and stabbing. |
| “Appreciate this is very distressing – I will share more information as and when have it from official sources as only want to share what is confirmed.” | “Appreciate this is very distressing – I will share more information as and when have it from official sources as only want to share what is confirmed.” |
| On Sunday, a 20-year-old man became the 31st person to die as a result of knife crime in London this year. | On Sunday, a 20-year-old man became the 31st person to die as a result of knife crime in London this year. |
| He was stabbed moments after leaving a bar in Wandsworth, south London, and died in the street. On Thursday, the family of Abraham Badru, 26, who was shot dead in Hackney, east London, on 25 March, warned that “gun culture is becoming rampant in our community”. | He was stabbed moments after leaving a bar in Wandsworth, south London, and died in the street. On Thursday, the family of Abraham Badru, 26, who was shot dead in Hackney, east London, on 25 March, warned that “gun culture is becoming rampant in our community”. |
| Asked whether Prime Minister Theresa May was concerned about the number of murders in London this year, a Downing Street spokesman said: “These are all tragic cases and our thoughts are with the families of the victims. | |
| “There can be no place in our society for violent crime. The Government is determined to do everything it can to break the cycle. | |
| “We have already consulted on new laws on offensive and dangerous weapons, including banning online stores from delivering knives to residential addresses and making it an offence to possess certain weapons in private.” | |
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