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| Keisha McLeod tried to get Corey Junior Davis, 14, away from gangs operating near their home in Newham | |
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| Tue 3 Oct 2017 16.06 BST | |
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| The mother of a 14-year-old boy killed in a double shooting in east London has remembered her “fun, loving, kind, handsome” son, as police released CCTV footage and stills of the vehicle they believe his killers used. | The mother of a 14-year-old boy killed in a double shooting in east London has remembered her “fun, loving, kind, handsome” son, as police released CCTV footage and stills of the vehicle they believe his killers used. |
| Keisha McLeod tried to get her son, Corey Junior Davis, away from the gangs operating near their home in Newham, fearing him to be vulnerable. Within months, he was shot dead outside a playground, having returned to the area to stay with his grandfather. | Keisha McLeod tried to get her son, Corey Junior Davis, away from the gangs operating near their home in Newham, fearing him to be vulnerable. Within months, he was shot dead outside a playground, having returned to the area to stay with his grandfather. |
| Paying tribute to Corey, also known as CJ, she said: “He loved to make us laugh and dance with his funny routines. He had real talent and such potential.” | Paying tribute to Corey, also known as CJ, she said: “He loved to make us laugh and dance with his funny routines. He had real talent and such potential.” |
| McLeod, 38, was joined by Corey’s sister, Roshane Newman, 23, and his uncle Kadeem Phipps, 24, on Tuesday in issuing a plea for people to come forward with information. | McLeod, 38, was joined by Corey’s sister, Roshane Newman, 23, and his uncle Kadeem Phipps, 24, on Tuesday in issuing a plea for people to come forward with information. |
| “I’m appealing directly to the community. If my son’s life has been taken for the wall of silence to be broken, let it be broken today. Please don’t ignore my voice, please don’t ignore my pain,” she said in a statement released via Scotland Yard. | “I’m appealing directly to the community. If my son’s life has been taken for the wall of silence to be broken, let it be broken today. Please don’t ignore my voice, please don’t ignore my pain,” she said in a statement released via Scotland Yard. |
| “The murderer of my son is still out there. Please help the police to help me and my family.” | “The murderer of my son is still out there. Please help the police to help me and my family.” |
| She told the London Evening Standard: “We were waiting for a property to move out of London. There was gang grooming in the area. I brought it to the police’s attention and social services, but nothing was done. He was scared.” | She told the London Evening Standard: “We were waiting for a property to move out of London. There was gang grooming in the area. I brought it to the police’s attention and social services, but nothing was done. He was scared.” |
| Detectives investigating the killing, during which another teenager was seriously injured, said McLeod had been too traumatised to return to her home. They said she had sent her son to live with his uncle in south London for some months to get him away from gang violence near their home. | Detectives investigating the killing, during which another teenager was seriously injured, said McLeod had been too traumatised to return to her home. They said she had sent her son to live with his uncle in south London for some months to get him away from gang violence near their home. |
| “Corey was a teenager of 14 who was seen as being potentially vulnerable by older, hardened gang members, who wished to draw him more fully into their world from the periphery of it,” said DCI Dave Whellams, leading the investigation for the Metropolitan police homicide and major crime command. | “Corey was a teenager of 14 who was seen as being potentially vulnerable by older, hardened gang members, who wished to draw him more fully into their world from the periphery of it,” said DCI Dave Whellams, leading the investigation for the Metropolitan police homicide and major crime command. |
| “His mother was very aware of the risk and took steps to distance him from this environment, moving him from the local area and taking all the measures she could in an effort to protect Corey from that danger. | “His mother was very aware of the risk and took steps to distance him from this environment, moving him from the local area and taking all the measures she could in an effort to protect Corey from that danger. |
| “She, like us, is desperately seeking the community’s help to unlock the causes of these tragic events and bring those responsible to justice. Anyone who feels they cannot contact police directly can go to Crimestoppers in complete assurance of anonymity.” | “She, like us, is desperately seeking the community’s help to unlock the causes of these tragic events and bring those responsible to justice. Anyone who feels they cannot contact police directly can go to Crimestoppers in complete assurance of anonymity.” |
| As part of their appeal for information, officers released CCTV footage and a still of a grey Range Rover Sport. They said the vehicle was stolen from south-west London on 24 August, before being used in the attack on 4 September. | As part of their appeal for information, officers released CCTV footage and a still of a grey Range Rover Sport. They said the vehicle was stolen from south-west London on 24 August, before being used in the attack on 4 September. |
| The windows of the HSE TDV6 model were tinted and the CCTV footage showed it being driven from the scene of the shooting, heading north-east on Romford Road. Officers said it had the registration number EY11 XSG when it was stolen, but had a plate beginning with D11 when it was filmed after the killing. They declined to release the number plate in full because they believe it was cloned from one in legitimate use. | The windows of the HSE TDV6 model were tinted and the CCTV footage showed it being driven from the scene of the shooting, heading north-east on Romford Road. Officers said it had the registration number EY11 XSG when it was stolen, but had a plate beginning with D11 when it was filmed after the killing. They declined to release the number plate in full because they believe it was cloned from one in legitimate use. |
| Detectives also said the car’s unique vehicle identification number was SALLSAAG3BA292779 and its engine number was 0534374306DT. They asked anyone who has recently bought the same make and model of car, as well as any scrap dealers and mechanics who have dealt with one, to check their records and get in touch. | Detectives also said the car’s unique vehicle identification number was SALLSAAG3BA292779 and its engine number was 0534374306DT. They asked anyone who has recently bought the same make and model of car, as well as any scrap dealers and mechanics who have dealt with one, to check their records and get in touch. |
| “We have reason to believe this car could well still be out there. Someone could have bought it in good faith, for instance, with no idea they have a stolen vehicle. Any information will be treated in the strictest of confidence – it is the persons who used it on 4 September that are our sole interest at this point,” Whellams said. | “We have reason to believe this car could well still be out there. Someone could have bought it in good faith, for instance, with no idea they have a stolen vehicle. Any information will be treated in the strictest of confidence – it is the persons who used it on 4 September that are our sole interest at this point,” Whellams said. |
| No arrests have been made. | No arrests have been made. |
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