This article is from the source 'bbc' and was first published or seen on . It will not be checked again for changes.
You can find the current article at its original source at http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/uk/8121989.stm
The article has changed 9 times. There is an RSS feed of changes available.
| Version 0 | Version 1 |
|---|---|
| Gunman opens fire in restaurant | Gunman opens fire in restaurant |
| (10 minutes later) | |
| A gunman wearing a motorbike helmet and carrying two pistols chased another man into a packed restaurant and opened fire, hitting him in the leg. | A gunman wearing a motorbike helmet and carrying two pistols chased another man into a packed restaurant and opened fire, hitting him in the leg. |
| It happened at 2110 BST at Harry Morgan restaurant in St John's Wood High Street, west London. | It happened at 2110 BST at Harry Morgan restaurant in St John's Wood High Street, west London. |
| The venue was full at the time - but despite several shots being fired nobody else was hurt. | The venue was full at the time - but despite several shots being fired nobody else was hurt. |
| An eyewitness said diners threw themselves to the floor screaming and bullet-holes could now be seen. | An eyewitness said diners threw themselves to the floor screaming and bullet-holes could now be seen. |
| Billy Osbourne was in the restaurant at the time. | Billy Osbourne was in the restaurant at the time. |
| He said: "I thought it was a few firecrackers. Then all of a sudden this Rastafarian ran through. | He said: "I thought it was a few firecrackers. Then all of a sudden this Rastafarian ran through. |
| "Then all of a sudden a guy in a motorbike helmet came in - he had two automatic pistols and he starts firing at the guy. | |
| "As soon as I smelled the cordite I was under the table. | |
| "Everyone was screaming and hitting the deck. | "Everyone was screaming and hitting the deck. |
| "It was unbelievable - it was a packed restaurant and it does not appear anybody [among the diners] was hurt." | "It was unbelievable - it was a packed restaurant and it does not appear anybody [among the diners] was hurt." |
| A Metropolitan Police spokesman said: "At 2110 BST we were called to reports of shots fired in St John's Wood High Street. | |
| "Officers attended and found one male aged 30 with a gunshot wound to the leg." |