28 October 2008

Man shot dead in south London

Man shot dead in south London

A man has been shot dead in south London, Scotland Yard said tonight.

Officers were called to White Hart Street in Kennington, south London at 9.10pm.

They found a man with gunshot wounds. Paramedics and the air ambulance were called but he was pronounced dead at the scene.

A member of staff at the White Hart pub in Kennington Lane said customers at the front of the building had heard gun fire.

He said: "We saw loads of police cars around and we heard that someone had been shot or was firing a gun.

"A couple of the guys at the front said they had heard gun shots."

The area has been cordoned off while police officers investigate.


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