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Four held over teenager's death | Four held over teenager's death |
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Four people have been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of a teenager in his bedroom. | Four people have been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of a teenager in his bedroom. |
Michael Dosunmu, 15, was shot by two gunmen in Diamond Street, Peckham, south-east London, in the early hours of Tuesday. | Michael Dosunmu, 15, was shot by two gunmen in Diamond Street, Peckham, south-east London, in the early hours of Tuesday. |
Police arrested the four on Wednesday evening and took the suspects to stations in south London. | |
Police say the church-going teenager may not have been the intended target of the gunmen. | Police say the church-going teenager may not have been the intended target of the gunmen. |
Michael's older sister was also at home when two gunmen forced their way in the house. | |
Premises 'targeted' | |
She gave her brother first aid and he was able to say a few words to her. | |
But he died in hospital less than an hour later, just days after celebrating his 15th birthday. | |
He was a regular at the Celestial Church of Christ, in nearby Bird In Bush Road, and attended St Michael's Secondary School, in Bermondsey. | |
Officers from Scotland Yard's Operation Trident team, which investigates gun crime in London's African-Caribbean communities, have not found any link between the boy and local gangs. | |
Det Supt Gary Richardson, from Trident, said: "This does not appear to have been a botched burglary. I believe these premises were specifically targeted." | |
Officers have said they have established a link between Michael's murder and a fatal stabbing that took place near his home on Saturday. |