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Street shooting leaves one dead | |
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A man has been shot dead on a busy street in south-east London. | A man has been shot dead on a busy street in south-east London. |
Police officers found the victim with fatal wounds at Barry Road near the junction with Underhill Road, East Dulwich, at about 1315 GMT. | Police officers found the victim with fatal wounds at Barry Road near the junction with Underhill Road, East Dulwich, at about 1315 GMT. |
Searches are taking place nearby and a Metropolitan Police spokesman said the inquiry was in its "very early stages". | |
Locals said the victim, described as a stocky black man, was shot in the head after leaving his house. There have been no arrests. | |
Raymon Bedi, 19, who runs the nearby Barry Off Licence Food Market, said: "One of my customers came in and looked terrified. He said he was forced to swerve out of the way of a speeding car and then saw the body lying in the street." | |
Another resident, Mark Corbett, 28, who lives on nearby Underhill Road, said: "There was an awful lot of commotion after about 1pm - I saw emergency services arrive as I left my flat. | |
"I am told the man was shot after coming out of his house, but that is all I have heard." | |
Detectives from the Met's Operation Trident, which tackles gun crime in the black community, have been informed. |
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