Hackney shooting: Boy, 13, shot in double gun attack in east London

Emergency services at the hospital shortly after a 20-year-old man arrived to seek help for a gunshot wound
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Hatty Collier18 May 2016
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A 13-year-old boy has been shot during a double gun attack in east London.

Medics rushed the teenager to hospital after he was found with gunshot wounds to his leg at the scene in Hackney late on Saturday night.

A 20-year-old man was also shot in the shoulder during the gun fight and made his own way to hospital, police said.

Firearms officers rushed to the scene in Stellman Close after being called to reports of shots fired at about 11.30pm.

Both victims remain at an east London hospital with injuries not thought to be life-threatening or life-changing.

The double shooting is the fourth in a spate of gun attacks across the capital in just a matter of days.

Two attacks on Thursday left four victims critically and seriously injured in Forest Hill and Brixton.

Last night, the London Ambulance Service Joint Response Unit tweeted: “Another quick response with @MPSHackney to a firearms call. Pt treated for gunshot wounds. A&E as a priority.”

A Metropolitan Police spokesman said: “Detectives from the Trident and Area Crime Command are investigating.

“No arrests have been made and enquires continue.

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