Scotland Yard’s anti-gang crime unit has issued CCTV footage of an attack with a sawn-off shotgun in daylight on a residential street in Brixton, south London.
The video shows three hooded men involved in the assault which left a man and a boy with gunshot wounds on an early evening in May.
The footage shows one of the suspects getting a sawn-off shotgun from under his coat and handing it over to another of the group. The suspect with the gun is then seen shooting at a man across the street, who appears to stumble after shots are fired and then runs to safety.
Later footage from a different camera shows one of the suspects riding off on a mountain bike while pointing the gun at passersby.
A 21-year-old man made a full recovery after shots punctured his lung and windpipe. A 16-year-old, who was on his way to the library when he inadvertently ran into the path of the gunman, suffered a minor wound to his arm.
DC Jo Ross, from Trident and area crime command, leading the investigation, appealed for the public’s help in identifying the attackers.
He said: “The 21-year-old victim was fortunate to recover from what were potentially life-threatening injuries at the time of the incident. Other passersby were threatened by having a shotgun pointed at them – these are dangerous people.
“We are keen for the public to give us any information in relation to this appeal. It happened in broad daylight and in an area full of schoolchildren.”
Police also released three still images of the three suspects. One is described as a medium-built black man in his 20s wearing a dark blue hooded top, with a dark coloured bag over his shoulder and wearing black and white gloves. The other two are described as slim-built black men in their 20s.
One was wearing a top with Franklin and Marshall logo across the front and fur-lined hat with ear flaps. The other was wearing a baseball cap with a white mark on the peak and black gloves.