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A 14-year-old boy shot dead in south-east London has been named as Eghosa Ogbebor.

Officers received reports of a shooting on Lord Warwick Street, Woolwich, at about 15:40 BST on Thursday. The boy was treated by paramedics but died at the scene. His family has been informed, the Met said.

Two boys, aged 14 and 16, and an 18-year-old man have been arrested on suspicion of murder.

Detectives leading the inquiry have urged anyone with information about the incident to come forward as well as appealing for anyone who may have relevant CCTV or dashcam footage.

A police officer stands outside the crime scene on Friday

Customers sitting outside a nearby pub, The Greyhound, are said to have run inside in panic as they heard gunshots.

Pub worker Sofia Pereira, said she she heard someone fall on one of the bins on the pub's patio at the time of the shooting.

Pereira said she then saw a teenager run through the patio towards Woolwich Church Street.

She said: "I just heard like a big 'bang', like a big, strong 'boom', which was obviously one of the kids, I think, jumping on the wall, through the bin, and then obviously the bin fell and broke, then he just ran off."

She said about 10 customers who were on the patio ran inside "panicking", adding the atmosphere in the pub was "very overwhelming".

"Everyone got scared because they heard shooting and they could see one of the guys had a machete, or something like that.

"So everyone just ran inside, said 'lock, lock all the doors and everything', because obviously we didn't know what was going on."

The area surrounding the street where the shooting took place was cordoned off on Friday, with a dozen police officers at the scene.

A bunch of flowers was laid at the end of Lord Warwick Street.

Forensic officers appeared to be searching a patch of grass along the street.

There is an increased police presence in the area, the Met Police said

Forensic officers have been seen searching the area on Friday

Det Ch Insp Lucie Card said: "Our thoughts remain with the boy's family and loved ones.

"We are aware of the concern that this incident will cause the local community.

"We have already made three arrests and our investigation continues at pace. An increased police presence remains in the area."

London mayor Sir Sadiq Khan said: "My thoughts are with the family, friends and wider community in Woolwich following the appalling fatal shooting of 14-year-old boy.

"There is absolutely no place for this heart-breaking violence.

"I remain in close contact with the Met who have been working around the clock - arrests have already been made and an investigation is under way.

"Residents will see an increase in police in the local area."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj40ekewqrgo

Nawaooo! Killings everywhere

Permit me to blame Yekini Sangodele for this!

God will not destroy the world. With the high rate of murder these days, it is humans that will end up destroying themselves.

So British gang boys have graduated from stabbing to shooting. This is very worrying, RIP to the deceased

The truth is every country dey face economical,social and political problem, Naija own just cast in.

Karlovich:
Permit me to blame Yekini Sangodele for this!

Yes na, majority of the blame should still go to him, if Nigeria is working Many of them will not even leave the country... Even me wey dey plan go Chad or Niger no be Tinubu cause am.

Sane society crew.Nigerians always feel they are won't die prematurely when they are traveling abroad...No where is safe..RIP

Chai.

London happened to him.

Rip boy.

Nigerian British kids cosplaying American thug life, they started from Brixton and Peckham and now it has spread and London has become like New York from the '90s.

This is why most of them are sending their kids back home to Nigeria for secondary school now.

They left Nigeria for a better life and opportunities for their kids and now they're heading back in terror for their kids' safety.

Worse, some of the kids are the actual gang members and bringing that behaviour here to upper middle class secondary schools.

This is thoroughly bad and condemnable

Ha this same place olakunle oshodi use to sell his naija market in London... Woolwich

Eyah

UK has happened to him..

But how ?... How did this happen?

Precious201010:
Yes na, majority of the blame should still go to him, if Nigeria is working Many of them will not even leave the country... Even me wey dey plan go Chad or Niger no be Tinubu cause am.

I don't know if ya being sarcastic, but let's be frank, sometimes make we no dey blame 'who is in charge'..for all we know, the guy could have been in a gang, and he could have been shot as a result.

Also, if we want to reduce killing in this country, we got to increase funding for police, and a host of other things, but supporters of tinubu, obi and atiku prefer to have an economy based on oil and sharing of money rather than a sane economy.

And that’s supposed to be a sane clime
May his soul rest in peace.

Gun violence ke in UK na knife be there thing....

See what UK has turn to since Tony Blair left as the Prime Minister 😢

What is the difference between Nigeria Lagos and the U K London? Be like say na Nigeria get both cities so

RIP young boy.

inoki247:
Gun violence ke in UK na knife be there thing....

The thing sef shock me. Na knife we know.

nairalanda1:
I don't know if ya being sarcastic, but let's be frank, sometimes make we no dey blame 'who is in charge'..for all we know, the guy could have been in a gang, and he could have been shot as a result.

Also, if we want to reduce killing in this country, we got to increase funding for police, and a host of other things, but supporters of tinubu, obi and atiku prefer to have an economy based on oil and sharing of money rather than a sane economy.

Tinubu and Obi are the same, in fact Tinubu is better than Obi... If we must get it right as a nation, then we must stop recycling failures.

360degreess:
Sane society crew.Nigerians always feel they are won't die prematurely when they are traveling abroad...No where is safe..RIP

At your age this is all you could deduce from this sad incident.. Keep making excuses for your oppressors, one day it'll be your turn to cry when Nigeria happens to u. Apart from Nigeria, where else in the world have you seen citizens being slaughtered like animals on a daily. Where else in the world have you seen terrorists take over a country's territory when they have a government? One day it'll come to u, just mock others now while you can.

This is not the first time this happening.

nairalanda1:
I don't know if ya being sarcastic, but let's be frank, sometimes make we no dey blame 'who is in charge'..for all we know, the guy could have been in a gang, and he could have been shot as a result.

Also, if we want to reduce killing in this country, we got to increase funding for police, and a host of other things, but supporters of tinubu, obi and atiku prefer to have an economy based on oil and sharing of money rather than a sane economy.

Totally disagree with the increase funding of Nigeria police. I agreed they are purely enumerated just like 95% of Nigeria sector. Police issue start from recruitment. The recruitment method and criteria are bastardised.

No amount of money can make those people behave upright

Why is it always Nigerians are always the loudest group of immigrants abroad? Where they go chaos follows, and we wonder why other nationals dont want any association with us

We4all:
God will not destroy the world. With the high rate of murder these days, it is humans that will end up destroying themselves.

The reason God felt sad after creating this world, seeing the bad behaviour of man. I wonder what this 14 year old could have done to his enemy that shot him

Good news is scarce everywhere,
Bad news everywhere, both National and international.
May God help us

Precious201010:
Yes na, majority of the blame should still go to him, if Nigeria is working Many of them will not even leave the country... Even me wey dey plan go Chad or Niger no be Tinubu cause am.

yes exactly all those abroad left because of him even those who left before he was born .

Even those from other countries left their countries because of him , I mean Japan , Chinese , Germany , Canadian E.t.c .