Man, 23, Gunned Down In Islington

31st March 2014

Islington - the multicultural utopia!

A man was gunned down today in a drive-by shooting in front of terrified lunchtime shoppers on a busy London street.

Stunned onlookers watched police with automatic weapons ‘running through the streets’ of Islington, north London, a few moments after a man was shot in the back by a gunman on a moped.

Police say the 23-year-old victim suffered ‘life changing injuries’ after being gunned down near the junction of Essex Road and Cross Street just before 1pm. He was tonight being treated in hospital.

Large parts of the area were cordoned off, and armed police officers were seen running down Essex Road after the shooting. The Metropolitan Police helicopter was also sent to the scene.

A Scotland Yard spokesman said: ‘Police were called at 12.54pm to reports of a shooting in Essex Road, Islington.


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2593506/Man-23-gunned-drive-shooting-busy-London-street-just-days-axe-machete-attack.html#ixzz2xZDaeHZv

Same area a young man almost had his hand chopped off by someone with a machete last week.