
A man has been taken to hospital after being shot outside a library in south-east London.
Emergency services were called to Peckham Library in Peckham Hill Street shortly before 6.40pm on Wednesday (November 5).
Police and London Ambulance Service crews found a man with a gunshot wound at the scene. He was treated by paramedics before being taken to hospital, where his condition remains unknown.
A London Ambulance Service spokesperson said: "We were called at 6.38pm on Wednesday 5 November to reports of a shooting on Peckham Hill Street, SE15.
"We sent resources, including an ambulance crew, an advanced paramedic, an incident response officer and a paramedic in a fast response car.
"We also dispatched a trauma team in a car from London’s Air Ambulance.
"We treated a man for a gunshot wound and took him to a major trauma centre."