4 injured, including 7-year-old girl, in shooting outside London funeral home
Girl, 7 and 3 women injured in shootings outside mother and daughter’s funeral: Mourners cower in church after fear spread near London’s main train station
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Three women and a 7-year-old girl were injured in shootings in front of a double funeral of a single mother and her 20-year-old daughter in the north. London, Metropolitan Police Department Said.
All four suffered gunshot wounds at around 2pm today when an unidentified assailant staged a drive-by shooting outside St Aloysius Church on Phoenix Road across from Euston Station.
The women, ages 48, 54 and 41, were taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, but police suspected the 48-year-old had suffered “life-altering” injuries. I said yes.
A 7-year-old victim was also taken to hospital, but there is no update on her condition.
The victims were present at the funeral of Frecia Calderón, 50, and her daughter Sara Sanchez, 20.
an eyewitness said My London The group was set on fire when they went outside to watch the pigeons fly after the service.
“It was chaos. It was terrible. No one knew if it was a bomb or a gunman,” said one witness.
Police were filmed at the scene of the shooting outside a funeral service on Phoenix Road next to Euston Station.
The Met issued a statement, arguing that initial investigations suggested the gunfire was fired from a moving vehicle and fled the scene immediately.
A witness said, “We were looking for a place to hide. We all huddled in a corner as best we could. We left after about 10 minutes, but we didn’t dare.” [leave before]It wasn’t good.
Frecia Calderon died after suffering a pulmonary embolism after arriving at Heathrow from Colombia on 5 November.
Daughter Sara Sanchez, who was diagnosed with leukemia three years ago, died 25 days after “giving up all hope,” according to her family.
It is unclear why the funeral was targeted by an unidentified shooter.
Single mother Frecia Calderón and daughter Sara Sanchez died within a month of each other
Photo of police cordoning off the scene of a shooting outside a funeral service at a church on Phoenix Street in north London.
Metropolitan Airlines issued a statement, claiming that initial investigations suggested the shooting was fired from a moving vehicle and fled the scene immediately.
“There is a sizeable police presence in the area. An urgent investigation is underway and details of the incident have not yet been released,” the MET said.
“At this early stage, there were no arrests.”
Anyone who witnessed the incident or has information about what happened should call 101 and give reference number 3357/14JAN.
Information can also be provided anonymously to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
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