There are multiple sites for them to process, including a black Mercedes parked on a corner on Lewisham Way. The Metropolitan Police said enquiries are ongoing but at this early stage there have been no arrests.įorensic officers have set up cones marked 1-16 at some of the sites where they are collecting evidence. A number of bullet casings were recovered and have been sent for specialist analysis. Police have closed a section of Lewisham Way in both directions between Friendly Street and Tanners Hill as they established a crime scene. READ MORE: Lewisham shooting live: Residents heard 'five gunshots and screaming' as teenage girl was hit
There were about five rounds fired off, then a girl let out a loud scream." It was about five gunshots I heard."Ī second resident, Ryan Whitaker, 36, said: "I was woken up by the shooting, as I live on one of the roads adjacent to Lewisham Way. I looked out the window and saw people running and shouting. I heard gunshots and shouting and screaming. This pinging sound gets amplified in the. They told MyLondon : "I came home from work early hours in the morning, about 3am. When nails, bolts, and screws that join wood framing members shrink they can slip creating loud pinging sounds. Residents have been left shaken and scared by the shooting, with one describing hearing "shouting and screaming" after returning home from work. She was rushed to hospital but her condition is not life-threatening or life-changing. They found a woman, in her late teens, with a gunshot injury to her arm on Lewisham Way. Armed police rushed to Lucas Street in Lewisham at 3.11am on Saturday (April 23) to reports of a shooting.
Residents have described the terrifying sound of gunshots, shouts and screams as a teenage woman was shot in the street in Lewisham.