7-year-old girl among six injured in shooting outside funeral in London
"The incident took place in the vicinity of a church where a funeral was taking place. Initial enquiries suggest the shots were fired from a moving vehicle which was then driven away from the scene," London's Met Police said in a statement.
At least six people including a seven-year-old girl were injured in a suspected drive-by shooting following a funeral in London on Saturday, police said.
"The incident took place in the vicinity of a church where a funeral was taking place. Initial enquiries suggest the shots were fired from a moving vehicle which was then driven away from the scene," London's Met Police said in a statement.
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In addition to the seven-year-old girl, four women and another girl, 12, were wounded in the incident near the busy Euston train station.
The other girl was discharged from hospital after treatment for minor leg injuries.
A 21-year-old woman is also in a central London hospital. Police said her injuries were not life-threatening.
Three other women aged 41, 48, and 54, remained in hospital with non life-threatening injuries, police said.
"Any shooting incident is unacceptable, but for multiple people, including two children, to be injured in a shooting in the middle of a Saturday afternoon is shocking," said the police Superintendent Ed Wells.
"An investigation into this dreadful attack is already well under way involving local officers and specialist detectives," he added.
A witness told MyLondon the shots were fired as mourners who had attended the mass watched doves being released afterwards.
