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| Two youths have been arrested by detectives investigating the shooting of two teenagers at a McDonald's restaurant in south London. | Two youths have been arrested by detectives investigating the shooting of two teenagers at a McDonald's restaurant in south London. |
| A gunman opened fire in the fast-food restaurant in Brixton, which was packed with families at the time, on Thursday 28 September. | A gunman opened fire in the fast-food restaurant in Brixton, which was packed with families at the time, on Thursday 28 September. |
| Both victims, aged 17, were shot at close range, one in the chest and the other in the arm. | |
| Police said there was no evidence to suggest the shooting was gang-related. | Police said there was no evidence to suggest the shooting was gang-related. |
| The victim shot in the arm was treated in hospital and discharged, while the boy shot in the chest is still in a stable condition in hospital, Scotland Yard said. | |
| Prior argument | |
| The shooting took place at about 1725 BST in the restaurant at the junction of Brixton Road and Coldharbour Lane. | |
| Families and schoolchildren in the restaurant at the time. | |
| A Scotland Yard spokeswoman said: "We now know prior to the shooting the victims were involved in a brief verbal argument with some other people in the restaurant and then three to four minutes later the shooting occurred. | |
| It is also thought that the victims and the gunman may have known each other, but it is not certain. | |
| The gunman is believed to have escaped on a bicycle along Brixton Hill but was originally thought to have escaped on foot. |