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Teenager dies in London street shooting Teenager dies in London street shooting
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A teenager died and a man was injured after they were gunned down in a street in east London. A teenager has been killed and another man left injured by two men wearing bandanas who shot them on a London street.
The pair were shot in Hindrey Road, Clapton, at 8.20pm on Saturday, Scotland Yard said. Terrified witnesses described how three gunshots were fired on Hindrey Road in Clapton, east London, at 8.20pm on Saturday.
Paramedics rushed them to hospital where the younger victim, 19, later died. A 32-year-old man was understood to be in a stable condition, police said. A 19-year-old man was rushed to hospital where he later died, and a 22-year-old man was understood to be in a stable condition, Scotland Yard said.
Detectives from Operation Trident, which investigates gang-related crime, are searching for two suspects seen running from the scene. One is black, police said, while the second is light-skinned, possibly of Asian or Turkish appearance. The pair had been sitting in a car at the time of the shooting, witnesses said.
They were seen running away from Hindrey Road after the shooting towards the nearby Pembury Estate. Zach Carpenter, 18, saw two men wearing bandanas across their faces enter Hindrey Road before he heard three loud bangs.
Police said there was as yet no clear motive for the shootings, and no one has been arrested. One of the men was black with a red-and-white chequered bandana, while the other man was white and was wearing a black bandana, he said.
"At this very early stage we must retain an open mind regarding the circumstances of the incident and any motive," the spokesman said. Carpenter said: "I was walking home from the shop when I saw a black man and a white man walking down the main road and turn into Hindrey Road. After about 30 seconds I heard three loud bangs.
"Detectives from Trident are leading the inquiry and an incident room will open in the morning." A postmortem examination is to be arranged. "It's unnerved me a bit because my family live nearby."
Witnesses to the shooting or anyone with information about the incident are asked to call police on 101 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. The Aberystwyth University student, whose family has lived in the area since he was 10 months old, said there were known feuds between gangs on rival estates.
"It's not so much a war, more of a feud between the Pembury and Nightingale estates and another one," he said.
Detectives from Operation Trident, which investigates gang-related crime, are searching for the two suspects, who were seen running from the scene towards the nearby Pembury estate.
One is black and the other light-skinned, possibly of Asian or Turkish appearance, police said, adding that there was as yet no clear motive for the shootings, and no one has been arrested.
"At this very early stage we must retain an open mind regarding the circumstances of the incident and any motive," a Scotland Yard spokesman said.
"Detectives from Trident are leading the inquiry and an incident room will open in the morning." A postmortem will also be carried out.
Hindrey Road remained cordoned off on Sunday as police officers patrolled the area.
A 70-year-old resident, who did not wish to be named, said she heard three gunshots.
"I heard the shots - one, two, three.
"I was on the phone to my son and he told me not to dare look out the house.
"It's been a lot better around here recently. There hasn't been anything like this for many years."
Another resident, who has lived in the area for more than 20 years, said: "With this happening now, I don't think people will feel safe.
"There have been shootings here before but this is the first murder."
Witnesses or anyone with information about the incident are asked to call police on 101 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.