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| Gunman opens fire in restaurant | Gunman opens fire in restaurant |
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| A gunman wearing a motorbike helmet and carrying two pistols chased another man into a packed restaurant and opened fire, hitting him in the leg. | A gunman wearing a motorbike helmet and carrying two pistols chased another man into a packed restaurant and opened fire, hitting him in the leg. |
| It happened at 2110 BST at Harry Morgan restaurant in St John's Wood High Street, west London. | It happened at 2110 BST at Harry Morgan restaurant in St John's Wood High Street, west London. |
| The venue was full at the time - but despite several shots being fired nobody else was hurt. | The venue was full at the time - but despite several shots being fired nobody else was hurt. |
| An eyewitness said diners threw themselves to the floor screaming and bullet-holes could now be seen. | An eyewitness said diners threw themselves to the floor screaming and bullet-holes could now be seen. |
| BBC economics editor Hugh Pym was in the restaurant at the time. | |
| He said: "I immediately went to ground and pulled my 15-year-old son under the table. | |
| "We were aware of a guy running through. | |
| "He didn't appear as if he had a weapon - it felt like he was the victim." | |
| People were pretty shaken up and were wailing in shock more than anything else Hugh Pym, witness | |
| Pym continued: "We were under the table and everyone was shouting 'stay down, stay down'. | |
| "Obviously there was a lot of broken glass and people gradually emerged from the tables. | |
| "People were pretty shaken up and were wailing in shock more than anything else." | |
| Billy Osbourne was also in the restaurant and saw the first man ran in. | |
| "All of a sudden a guy in a motorbike helmet came in - he had two automatic pistols and he starts firing at the guy. | |
| "As soon as I smelled the cordite I was under the table. | "As soon as I smelled the cordite I was under the table. |
| "Everyone was screaming and hitting the deck. | "Everyone was screaming and hitting the deck. |
| "It was unbelievable - it was a packed restaurant and it does not appear anybody [among the diners] was hurt." | "It was unbelievable - it was a packed restaurant and it does not appear anybody [among the diners] was hurt." |
| A Metropolitan Police spokesman said: "At 2110 BST we were called to reports of shots fired in St John's Wood High Street. | A Metropolitan Police spokesman said: "At 2110 BST we were called to reports of shots fired in St John's Wood High Street. |
| "Officers attended and found one male aged 30 with a gunshot wound to the leg." | "Officers attended and found one male aged 30 with a gunshot wound to the leg." |