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| A 17-year-old boy has died after being shot in north London. | A 17-year-old boy has died after being shot in north London. |
| Sharmaake Hassan was found in Gilbeys Yard, Camden, at about 2300 BST on Saturday with a gunshot wound to the head, police said. | |
| Sharmaake, from Camden, was taken to hospital with severe injuries and died on Wednesday night. | |
| No-one has been arrested over the incident. The teenager is believed to be the 15th young person to die in London since the start of the year. | No-one has been arrested over the incident. The teenager is believed to be the 15th young person to die in London since the start of the year. |
| Police have said they are keeping an open mind about the motive for the killing. A post-mortem examination will take place on Thursday. | |
| The murder is being investigated by the Metropolitan Police's Operation Trident unit, which looks at gun crime in London's Afro-Caribbean communities. | |
| Supt Paul Morris, from Camden Police, said: "This is a shocking tragedy. | |
| "We have stepped up patrols in the borough to reassure the community and specialist officers are investigating the incident." | |
| Sharmaarke was shot the same day that actor Rob Knox, 18, was stabbed to death in an unconnected incident outside the Metro Bar in Sidcup, south-east London. | |
| Unemployed Karl Bishop, of Beaver Lodge, Carlton Road, Sidcup, has been charged with his murder. |