Four people, including a seven-year-old girl, have been injured in a shooting outside a funeral in north London, the Metropolitan Police said. Officers said three women – aged 48, 54, and 41 – were taken to hospital following the incident in Phoenix Road, close to Euston station.
Detectives said the incident took place in the vicinity of a church, where a funeral was being held. Police said the shots were believed to have been fired from a moving vehicle.
Their injuries are not thought to be life threatening, but the 48-year-old suffered a potentially life-changing injury. A seven-year-old girl was later taken to a central London hospital with injuries believed to have been sustained in the same incident.
A witness who claimed they were inside St Aloysius Church when the incident took place told a MyLondon reporter at the scene: "It was chaos. It was horrible.
"No one knew if it was a bomb or gunman. We were looking for places to hide. We all just snuggled into corners where we could. We left after about 10 minutes, I did not dare [leave before]. It was not nice."
MyLondon reports the incident happened outside the funeral of Fresia Calderon, 50, and her daughter, Sara Sanchez, 20. The mum and daughter died within a month of each other.
