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Wood Green shooting: Armed police descend on north London after teen 'shot and stabbed'

Armed police descended on a residential street in north London after a teenager was shot and stabbed.

Residents reported hearing gunshots close to Wood Green Crown Court and police rushed to the scene at around 8pm on Tuesday.

London Air Ambulance was scrambled after paramedics discovered a man, believed to be in his late teens, who was shot and stabbed.

He was rushed to an east London and remains in stable condition.

Shooting: Residents reported seeing multiple police cars and ambulances
Shooting: Residents reported seeing multiple police cars and ambulances

Police were still at the scene, just off Lordship Lane, and forensics were scouring the area.

A Metropolitan Police spokesman said: “Police were called at approximately 8pm on Tuesday, 21 November to Crown Close, off Winkfield Road in Wood Green following reports of a shooting.

“Officers, the London Ambulance Service and London's Air Ambulance attended.

“A man, believed to be aged in his late teens, was found suffering from gunshot wounds and a suspected stab wound.

“He was taken to an east London hospital where he remains in a stable condition. His injuries are not believed to be life-threatening.”

No one has been arrested in connection with the incident.