Teenager is shot dead and man in his 30s is stabbed in the head in separate incidents as London bloodbath continues
- Metropolitan police were called to scene in Friar Mews, West Norwood, at 4pm
- Two men have been arrested on suspicion of murder and taken to police station
- Man was stabbed in head in Cheam in Sutton, south London, around same time
A teenager was shot dead in broad daylight and a man in his 30s was stabbed in the head in separate incidents in London yesterday.
The death marks the capital’s 27th killing since the year began as the bloodbath continues.
Two men have been arrested after the fatal incident in Friar Mews, West Norwood, at around 4.10pm. He was pronounced dead by paramedics at the scene at 4.45pm.
Ten miles away in Cheam, Sutton, at almost exactly the same time, a man in his 30s was stabbed in his head. His injuries are non-life-threatening.
Forensic officers seize evidence at an estate in West Norwood where a teenager was shot dead last night
Forensic officers at the Hainthorpe Estate last night where a young man was gunned down in broad daylight
The body is taken away from the scene in a private ambulance. Two men have been arrested
Police have confirmed that a man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder in connection with the stabbing.
A Metropolitan police spokesperson said: ‘Detectives are investigating following the fatal shooting of a male in Lambeth. Two males have been arrested on suspicion of murder and taken to south London police stations for questioning.
‘He is believed to be aged in his late teens. Officers are in the process of informing his next of kin.’
CCTV has been recovered and is being reviewed by the force’s Homicide and Major Crime Command. DNA samples were taken from the scene and are due to be examined, police said.
Ten miles away in Cheam (shown in a file photo), Sutton, at almost exactly the same time, a man in his 30s was stabbed in his head
The shooting and stabbing came just one day after the country’s top police chief, Cressida Dick, said youth knife violence is at the worst level she has ever seen it.
The Met Police Commissioner, who joined the police more than 35 years ago, told Parliament’s Home Affairs Committee: ‘I’d have to say that the last couple of years undoubtedly have been the highest and most worrying levels I think in my service.’
Hours after her comments six people were stabbed in London during another night of carnage as two-17-year-old boys and four men aged 18 to 24 were knifed in separate attacks.
Just a month ago police chiefs up and down the country declared Britain’s knife crime epidemic a ‘national emergency’ and demanded more funding to help combat it.
Shocking new statistics last month showed that 41 per cent of knife crime offenders are now aged between 15 and 19.
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