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Man dies and woman seriously injured in London shooting | Man dies and woman seriously injured in London shooting |
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A man has died and a woman is in hospital following a suspected double shooting. | A man has died and a woman is in hospital following a suspected double shooting. |
Emergency services were called to Lordship Lane in Wood Green, north London, at about 5.45pm on Friday. | Emergency services were called to Lordship Lane in Wood Green, north London, at about 5.45pm on Friday. |
A Metropolitan police spokesman said no arrests had been made. | A Metropolitan police spokesman said no arrests had been made. |
The two victims were injured in the street, where cordons and diversions were put in place as forensics officers worked at the scene. | |
Police said the man died at the scene at about 7pm and the womanwas taken to an east London hospital, where she was said to be in a critical but stable condition. | |
A local business owner who witnessed the incident told ITV News he believed the victims were shot from inside a car. Haydar Alma, 42, who owns a nearby Polish shop, said: “I was in the shop working and I heard the gun, like an automatic. I looked outside and I saw the car and the window open and somebody shooting. | |
“After they had gone I went outside and I saw the woman. Somebody called an ambulance.” | |
Alma said passers-by rushed to help the victims and he was asked to get tissues to try to stop the bleeding while they waited for emergency services to arrive. | |
He said: “The ambulance took the woman and did something for the man here. I asked the policeman what had happened and he said he had died.” |
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