The shooting happened on Brixton Hill
(Picture: Google Maps)Police are searching for a gunman who shot a teenager in south London on Thursday evening.
Officers were called to the shooting on Brixton Hill about 7.15pm and found a man, believed to be in his late teens, suffering from a gunshot wound.
He was rushed to hospital by paramedics, where his condition was assessed as not life-threatening.
Witnesses told of their terror, with one reporting seeing three men wearing balaclavas run from the scene, one of whom had “a big, double-barrel shotgun”.
The witness told MyLondon: “One of them had a big gun under his jacket. He was at the back and had the gun hidden. It was a double-barrel shotgun, a big gun.
“The first one was looking back to make sure they were following. They ran towards Brixton station.”
They said they were forced to take cover in a nearby pub, along with two other members of the public who had a baby with them.
They told the publication: “These two old ladies with a baby started screaming ‘I do not want my baby around this’, so we ran and hid in a pub around the corner. The owner of the pub asked ‘do I need to close the pub?’”.
Pictures from the scene taken Thursday night show a damaged 4x4 and a turned over motorbike.
A Met Police spokesperson said: “There have been no arrests and enquiries continue.”
