Police have launched a murder investigation after a teenager was shot and killed on a council estate in east London.
Firearms officers and ambulance crew found the boy, said to be in his mid-teens, with a gunshot injury in Newham on Friday night. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Shortly afterwards a man in his early 20s was found nearby with a gunshot wound. He was taken to hospital and is said to be in a stable condition.
DCI Jamie Piscopo, of the Metropolitan police’s homicide and major crime command, launched an investigation to try to establish the circumstances that led to the shootings and whether they were linked.
No arrests have been made and police have appealing for information and witnesses.
Newham had the most recorded gun discharges of any London borough in the 12 months to February, as well as the third highest number of victims of serious youth violence.
