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A man in his 30s has been was shot dead near a London underground station. The shooting happened near Turnpike Lane tube station on the Piccadilly line in north London thisafternoon, Scotland Yard said. Langham Road was cordoned off by police and a number of officers, including forensics, remained at the scene. | |
A member of staff at the nearby Elizabeth Ross Hair & Beauty salon said she believed the victim was a Turkish man. The employee, who declined to give her name, said she came out of the shop to see a woman crying and several police officers in attendance. Staff at other local businesses reported hearing three gunshots and seeing the man's body lying on the ground near the bus station. | |
Police said the victim has not been formally identified. It is the second fatal shooting in the capital this year, and comes after a New Year's Eve reveller was shot dead during the early hours of his 22nd birthday. Aaron McKoy was gunned down in Portpool Lane in Clerkenwell following a disturbance at the Clerkenwell House Wine Bar at about 4am on 1 January. | |
He had been involved in an altercation at a busy wine bar shortly before his murder, Scotland Yard said. | He had been involved in an altercation at a busy wine bar shortly before his murder, Scotland Yard said. |
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