A man has been charged with the murder of a young father in Cheam, south west London.
Kyle Kelson, 25, was blasted with a shotgun and died at the scene 30 minutes later after police and air ambulance paramedics battled to save him in the early hours of Friday.
Luke Matthews, 28, of Ifield, West Sussex, was arrested on Tuesday at an address in Whitstable, Kent.
He has been charged with murder and will appear at Bromley Magistrates’ Court on Thursday.
Mr Kelson, who lived in the Cheam area, was described by his mother Angella as “a much-loved father, son, brother and friend to so many people”.
She said: “His big, beautiful smile brought joy to all of us.”
Police, including firearms officers, the London Ambulance Service and London’s Air Ambulance rushed to the scene on Brocks Drive just after 1am, but were unable to save him.
A post-mortem examination at St Helier Hospital on June 20 gave the cause of death as a shotgun wound to the head.
