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| A double shooting has left a 50-year-old man dead and his 21-year-old son injured in north London. | A double shooting has left a 50-year-old man dead and his 21-year-old son injured in north London. |
| A pillion passenger got off a motorbike and ran into the Euro & Wine Food Store in Hornsey Road, Holloway, and shot the younger man in the leg on Sunday night. | A pillion passenger got off a motorbike and ran into the Euro & Wine Food Store in Hornsey Road, Holloway, and shot the younger man in the leg on Sunday night. |
| When he returned to the motorbike he shot father-of-three Ahemt Paytak before fleeing the scene. | When he returned to the motorbike he shot father-of-three Ahemt Paytak before fleeing the scene. |
| He died at the scene and his son was taken to hospital where condition was described as stable. | He died at the scene and his son was taken to hospital where condition was described as stable. |
| Mr Paytak and his son had been shot while closing up a convenience store, police said. | |
| Mr Paytak worked part-time at the store, which was believed to be owned by his brother. | Mr Paytak worked part-time at the store, which was believed to be owned by his brother. |
| We don't often hear about this sort of attack in London Det Ch Insp Carl Mehta | We don't often hear about this sort of attack in London Det Ch Insp Carl Mehta |
| Detectives added they were keeping an open mind into the motives behind the shooting and confirmed they had not yet recovered the murder weapon or identified the motorbike involved. | Detectives added they were keeping an open mind into the motives behind the shooting and confirmed they had not yet recovered the murder weapon or identified the motorbike involved. |
| Det Ch Insp Carl Mehta said that no arrests had as yet been made but officers were examining the scene, near to Arsenal's Emirates Stadium, for cartridges and gun casings. | Det Ch Insp Carl Mehta said that no arrests had as yet been made but officers were examining the scene, near to Arsenal's Emirates Stadium, for cartridges and gun casings. |
| He added that officers were searching through images taken from the shop's CCTV system. | He added that officers were searching through images taken from the shop's CCTV system. |
| Mr Mehta said it was too early in the investigation to speculate on whether Mr Paytak, his son, or both of them, were the intended targets in the shooting. | Mr Mehta said it was too early in the investigation to speculate on whether Mr Paytak, his son, or both of them, were the intended targets in the shooting. |
| "I don't have a motive - obviously I'm keeping a very open mind as to why this has happened," the detective added. | "I don't have a motive - obviously I'm keeping a very open mind as to why this has happened," the detective added. |
| Mr Mehta added that the style of the attack was "unusual". | Mr Mehta added that the style of the attack was "unusual". |
| He said: "We don't often hear about this sort of attack in London." | He said: "We don't often hear about this sort of attack in London." |
| He also added that there was no evidence of any gangland link to the shooting at this stage. | He also added that there was no evidence of any gangland link to the shooting at this stage. |
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| Man shot dead in corner shop | Man shot dead in corner shop |