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Man dies in south London shooting | Man dies in south London shooting |
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A man has died after being shot in a street in south London. | |
Police were called to White Hart Street, Kennington, on Friday night where a 21-year-old had suffered gunshot wounds. | |
Metropolitan Police officers have said they are keeping an open mind about the motive for killing. | |
Detectives from force's Operation Trident team, which looks at gun crime in the African-Caribbean community, are investigating the murder. | |
Det Insp Tony Broughton said: "This murder happened in a busy part of town, just after nine o'clock on a Friday night. | |
Gunshots heard | |
"We know there were many people in the area. | |
"Several witnesses have already come forward, but there will be others who saw something or know something. We need those people to get in touch with us." | |
A member of staff at the nearby White Hart pub in Kennington Lane said: "We saw loads of police cars around and we heard that someone had been shot or was firing a gun. | |
"A couple of the guys at the front said they had heard gunshots." | |
A post-mortem examination will be held on Sunday. Next of kin have been informed, but officers are awaiting formal identification. |