Six people including two young girls have been injured following a drive-by shooting outside a church in north London.
Emergency services were called to St Aloysius Church in Euston at around 1.30pm on Saturday, where a funeral was reportedly taking place.
Four women and two girls aged seven and 12 were injured after a gun was fired, the Metropolitan Police has now confirmed.
It's understood the seven-year-old is now fighting for her life.
A Met spokesperson said: "She remains in hospital in a life threatening condition."
The four women aged 21, 48, 54 and 41 were taken to a central London hospital, with the 48-year-old suffering potentially life-changing injuries.
All three's injuries however are not thought to be life-threatening.
A second girl, aged 12, was taken to hospital with a minor leg injury but has since been discharged, police said on Saturday evening.
A funeral was taking place for mum and daughter Fresia Calderon, 50, and her 20-year-old daughter Sara Sanchez at the time, witnesses said.
The two tragically died within a month of each other after Fresia collapsed and died at Heathrow Airport in November, with Sara passing away 25 days later from leukaemia with which she had already been diagnosed.
Fresia had been on a flight from Colombia when she collapsed soon after landing and died at the scene.
Doctors later blamed a pulmonary embolism, a rare blood clot that usually starts in the legs then gets stuck in an artery in the lungs.
Sara, who was diagnosed with leukaemia aged 17, 'gave up all hope' after losing her mum, a family member said.
Early enquiries into the shooting suggest the gunman shot from a passing vehicle, with witnesses saying the congregation was outside to watch a dove release when they fired.
Jaouida Ifghallal told MyLondon: "When the service finished, we were outside to see the flying of doves.
"A black car came and started to shot bullets. It was chaotic!"
A large police presence remained on Phoenix Road where the shooting occurred.
Father Jeremy Trood, of St Aloysius church, said: "I heard a big bang and police are in the church at moment. People who were leaving the church have rushed back in."
One witness who was in the church at the time described the scene as "chaos".
"No one knew if it was a bomb or gunman," the witness said.
"We were looking for places to hide. We all just snuggled into corners where we could. We left after about 10 minutes, I did not dare [leave before]. It was not nice."
A Met spokesperson said: "An urgent investigation is under way and details of the incident are still emerging.
"At this early stage there have been no arrests.
"The incident took place in the vicinity of a church where a funeral was taking place.
"Initial enquiries suggest the shots were fired from a moving vehicle which was then driven away from the scene."
Superintendent Ed Wells said: “Any shooting incident is unacceptable, but for multiple people, including two children, to be injured in a shooting in the middle of a Saturday afternoon is shocking.
“Our thoughts are with all the victims, but in particular with the seven-year-old girl who is in a life threatening condition and with her family.
“An investigation into this dreadful attack is already well under way involving local officers and specialist detectives. I can assure the communities of Camden and beyond that we will do everything we possibly can to identify and bring to justice those who were responsible.
“Local residents can expect to see an increased visible police presence in the area through the weekend and into the days ahead as we progress this investigation.
“I would urge anyone with information to come forward, either to the police or anonymously, to Crimestoppers.”
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan described the shooting as “deeply distressing”.
Mr Khan said: “This is a deeply distressing incident and my thoughts are with those who were injured and their families.
“A police investigation is now under way and I am in close contact with the Met Police to determine what happened.”
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