Sam Brown died after being shot in Cheney Row Park
(Picture: Met Police)Police officers desperate to speak to witnesses after a 28-year-old was fatally shot at London party are urging partygoers to think of the victim’s grieving family.
No-one who attended a gathering of around 100 people in a Walthamstow park when Sam Brown died has come forward, the Met Police said.
“To anyone considering whether or not to come forward to police, I ask you to put yourself in the position of Sam’s grieving mother and father,” Detective Chief Inspector Kelly Allen said.
“They deserve answers. Please do the right thing and make contact as soon as possible.”
Mr Brown died in hospital after being shot at Cheney Row Park in the early hours of Sunday July 24.
His death happened shortly after an altercation with a group of people at the party, initial police enquiries suggest.
“I urgently need to speak with everyone who was at the event and saw that altercation or the shooting. Even if you do not believe you saw anything significant, you need to come forward and speak with officers,” DCI Allen said.
“I know that some people feel unable to speak the police, either through fear of reprisals or because of a lack of trust and I would like to reassure anyone who feels that way that any information would be treated confidentially.”
A post-mortem examination found the preliminary cause of death to be a gunshot wound to the chest.
Four men have been arrested following the shooting.
A 30-year-old man who self-presented at hospital alongside Mr Brown, suffering stab injuries, was arrested on suspicion of murder and has since been bailed pending further enquiries.
Three other men in their 20s have each been arrested on suspicion of murder, and have been released on bail until a date in late August.
