Delivery driver on last job of day killed in south London

One of the men killed in south London has been identified locally as a delivery driver who had been on his last job of the day.

He was killed in Railton Road in Brixton shortly before 8pm on Sunday.

Police say at this early stage they believe one of the victims had been driving a moped which was in collision with a car, the other man was shot by a gunman in another car who left the area.

Both men in their 20's died at the scene.

On Monday, a Deliveroo driver working near the scene said he knew one of the victims

Paulo Silva, 42, described him as a "good boy" and "young" and said he had been planning to go to Brazil in December.

The Metropolitan Police have not yet confirmed the identities of those who died.

Chief Superintendent Colin Wingrove of the Central South Command Unit, responsible for policing Lambeth and Southwark, said:

“I am shocked and saddened by this incident. Our thoughts are with the families and friends of the two young men who have tragically lost their lives. This incident will cause a great deal of concern throughout the local community and across London.

“We are supporting Specialist Crime detectives, who are working at pace to confirm the specific sequence of events and identify and arrest those responsible.

“Local officers are on the scene and patrolling the local area to speak to local residents, seek witnesses and provide visible reassurance. I would urge anyone with any information however small to come forward to help bring whoever is responsible to justice.”

White forensic tents had been put up at the scene on Monday, where debris could be seen strewn across the road.

There were two crashed vehicles - a silver car which had lost one of its tyres and a moped.

A 322 bus was left parked within the police cordon.

The latest violence means four people have been killed in two shootings in five days in the English capital, after a separate incident in Ilford, east London on Tuesday that left two men dead and a third injured.

This follows a spate of shootings in July which saw three men die in separate attacks in six days.

Before those killings, up until July 19 this year, there had been no firearms deaths in the English capital since October 31 2021.

In the whole of 2021, there were 12 fatal shootings among a total of 134 homicides recorded by the Metropolitan Police.

And in April the force said it had seen a reduction in gun crime, with the number of all shootings, including fatal and non-fatal, down from 283 in 2019/20 to 196 in 2021/22.

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