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Teenager killed in Tulse Hill housing estate shooting | |
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An 18-year-old man has been killed in a shooting in south London. | |
He was found with bullet wounds outside a block of flats in Tulse Hill estate, Tulse Hill. The teenager, who is yet to be named, died at the scene. | |
Police said they were alerted to reports of shots being fired outside Purser House at 2300 BST on Monday. | Police said they were alerted to reports of shots being fired outside Purser House at 2300 BST on Monday. |
Witnesses told officers they heard several shots and reported a car speeding away. Officers are inquiring whether it was gang-related. | |
No-one has been arrested. | |
'Suspicious vehicle' | |
The victim is the third man to be killed in south London over the past 14 days and the seventh teenager to be killed since the beginning of this year. | |
The Metropolitan Police's Operation Trident unit, which investigates gun crime in London's black communities, is investigating the incident. | |
Det Ch Insp Gordon Allison said: "We would urge anyone who may have seen or heard anything between the hours of 2130 and 2300, or seen a suspicious vehicle in the area at the time of this murder, to contact us and assist us in this investigation." | |
Chuka Umunna, the Labour MP for Streatham, said: "My condolences go out to his family and friends. | Chuka Umunna, the Labour MP for Streatham, said: "My condolences go out to his family and friends. |
"This will have rocked them and the wider community on the estate to the core." | |
A man, who told the BBC he knew the victim, said the teenager had been living on the estate for at least 10 years. | |
Another man, who moved to the area in the last two months, said he saw a police vehicle patrolling the estate on Monday before the incident. | |
The Met said it was common for police to patrol large estates. |