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Hackney shooting: Teenager was shot in the neck | |
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A 15-year-old girl who died at a house in east London was shot in the neck, post-mortem tests have revealed. | |
Police were called to a terraced house in Eastway, Hackney Wick, shortly before 16:00 GMT on Saturday. | |
Shereka Fab-Ann Marsh, was pronounced dead at the scene. Three boys - two aged 16 and one 15 - are being held in custody. | |
Police said a firearm was recovered from the house. The street remains closed while inquiries continue. | |
Hazel Nelson Williams, from the Nelson Williams Foundation which helps young people and their families affected by shootings, said the incident was shocking. | |
"I have spent most of the night racking my brain as to how this could happen, how a 15-year-old can be shot by another youth playing with a gun," she told the BBC. | "I have spent most of the night racking my brain as to how this could happen, how a 15-year-old can be shot by another youth playing with a gun," she told the BBC. |
"Who put the gun in their hand? | "Who put the gun in their hand? |
"As a mother-of-five how the mothers of these young people must be feeling right now - it's implausible. | |
"Where is this stash of weapons coming from that it's so easy for under-18s to get hold of guns? We have to find this out." | |
Chainelle Jennings, a friend of Shereka, said: "She liked PE. Her favourite subject was history. She was good at sports. She wanted to study business." | |
The teenager added: "She lived with her mum. Her dad was in Jamaica. They just had each other, just them two and they lived together. She cherished her mum." | |
Shad Brown, who knew Shereka and knows those arrested, said: "It's a tragic situation for both sides of the coin. And that's what should be noted, it really is. Nice girl, just a local girl. This is a local community." | |
She added: "We spend 20 years of our life protecting our children and hoping this doesn't happen to them." | |
The three boys arrested on Saturday afternoon remained in custody at an east London police station. |