Yahoo News Girl, 11, and woman, 30, among four people shot with pellets in London park by ‘teenage gunman’
An 11-year-old girl and a 30-year-old woman have been injured after a pellet gun was fired in a park in south-west London.
Police said the child suffered a wound to her leg while the woman, who was known to the youngster but not related to her, suffered injuries to her back.
Both were taken to hospital for treatment, but neither is believed to have been seriously hurt.
Two men, both in their late teens, are also believed to have been hurt during the incident and went to a nearby hospital suffering shotgun pellet injuries which are not thought to be serious.
Officers were called to the scene in Figges Marsh, Mitcham, at 5.40pm on Sunday after reports of shots being fired.
Scotland Yard said a large group of men were seen in the area before the incident and police are trying to trace them.
The force said in a statement: “Detectives are urging anyone in this group who has not yet spoken with police to come forward.”
No arrests have been made.
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A witness, who didn’t want to be named, told the Evening Standard: “It was manic. There was loads of people at the park.
“Two groups of boys got into an altercation, that’s when everything started going mad and one started shooting at the others.
“It wasn’t until everyone in the park heard ‘pop pop’ like gunshots that they started to scatter.”
She said: “Everyone just ran in panic. This guy was running with a long gun in his hand like he belonged in a war zone.
“It’s absolutely unbelievable. One woman got shot about three times and a little girl got shot in the leg.
“They don’t care, I mean it was in broad daylight, in a park packed full of people and families.”
Anyone who witnessed the incident or has any information is asked to call 101 and quote incident number CAD5607/24March.
