Tributes left for teen killed in Stockwell
The 16 year old was fatally shot
A 16 year old boy who was shot dead in south London has been described as a bright pupil at school
The teen was killed yesterday afternoon in Stockwell at 3.21pm.
Officers were called to Paradise Road, but the boy was pronounced dead at the scene despite the best efforts of paramedics
A man who said he was the boy's uncle, who asked not to be named, claimed the gunmen posed as delivery drivers.
No arrests have yet been made in connection with the shooting, the Metropolitan Police said.
A crime scene and cordons remain in place, with several police cars and officers stationed nearby.
The death was described as a "life wasted" by Florence Eshalomi, Labour MP for Vauxhall and Camberwell Green.
The killing is the first fatal shooting in London so far this year. There were 13 in 2024 out of a total of 105 homicides recorded by the Metropolitan Police.
According to figures from mid-December, eight out of 104 killings in 2023 involved a gun, while there were 10 fatal shootings out of 104 homicides recorded in 2022.
During the same period the number of teenagers who have lost their lives to violence has fluctuated.
There were 12 teenage homicide victims in 2024, 21 in 2023 and 14 in 2022, down from 30 in 2021 out of a total 134 recorded homicides.
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