A child remains in a serious condition after a shooting in Dalston, east London (Picture: London News Pictures)
A child and three adults have been injured after they were shot near a restaurant in Hackney, east London, on Wednesday evening.
The child is in serious condition and the adults were injured after they were shot on the high street in Dalston, Hackney.
Police were called at about 9.20pm to Kingsland High Street after reports of gunshots near a restaurant.
Officers, including specialist firearms officers, attended along with the London Ambulance Service and an air ambulance trauma team in a car.
Forensic officers gather evidence at the scene in Dalston, east London (Picture: Marcin Nowak/LNP)
The incident happened on a busy stretch of the high street (Picture: LNP)
Police guard the cordon at the scene (Picture: Marcin Nowak/LNP)
Three adults and a child were found with gunshot injuries at the scene and they were rushed to a hospital in east London.
The Met said the child remains in a serious condition and it awaits further details on the three other victim’s condition.
No arrests have been made yet.
Deputy Assistant Commissioner Matt Ward said that ‘Londoners will be shocked’ by the incident.
He added: ‘Our thoughts go to all those affected.
An investigation into the ‘shocking’ incident continues (Picture: Marcin Nowak/LNP)
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A police cordon at the junction of Shacklewell Lane and Kingsland High Street (Picture: Marcin Nowak/LNP)
‘Fast moving enquiries are under way and we will update as soon as we can. If anyone has any information, please contact us.’
Ambulance crews, advanced paramedics, incident response officers and tactical response unit attended along with a trauma team from the London Air Ambulance, a spokesperson for the London Ambulance Service told Metro.co.uk.
‘We treated three adults and one child at the scene before taking them all to a major trauma centre,’ they said.
Anyone with information that can help police should call 101 or post @MetCC reference CAD 8082/29May. To remain anonymous call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
A section of Kingsland Road A10 remains closed between Abbot Street and Shacklewell Lane with a police cordon in place on Thursday morning.
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