South London Stockwell shooting: Community in state of shock after schoolboy 'cruelly' shot dead

Police are hunting for the teenager’s killers following the incident near Stockwell Tube station. The boy was pronounced dead at the scene on Paradise Road on March 4 at around 2:30pm.

David Oxley, a local Labour councillor who lives nearby, said: “It has deeply shocked and saddened our community and our thoughts are with the family of the victim, knowing the deep loss they must be feeling. We also really hope that the killers will quickly be brought to justice.”

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Cllr Dr Mahamed Hashi, Lambeth’s cabinet member for safer communities, said he was in the area with other representatives from the council on Wednesday morning, offering support to residents and the police.

He said: “We are shocked at this tragic violence in our borough in which a teenager has so cruelly been taken from us. This is an incredibly traumatic moment for our communities, and our thoughts this morning are especially with the victim’s family, loved ones and friends.

“As a council we are committed to making Lambeth one of the safest boroughs in London and are working incredibly hard to play our role in ensuring the kind of violence that has so sadly claimed this young person’s life ends, and that all our young people have a secure future here.”

Cllr Dr Hashi added that he would be encouraging anyone with information that could help police to come forward and share.

Florence Eshalomi, MP for Vauxhall and Camberwell Green, said she was ‘sad’ to hear of the fatal shooting in a post on X on Tuesday (March 4).

Officers and London's Air Ambulance and London Ambulance Service attended the scene. Sadly, despite the best efforts of paramedics, the 16-year-old boy was pronounced dead at the scene.

Officers are working at pace to identify the teenager and contact his next of kin.

It is not the first time in recent memory that the area around Clapham and Stockwell has been the scene of horrendous violence. Two teenagers were rushed to hospital after a stabbing on the same street (Paradise Road) in August 2023. A 17-year-old boy was treated in hospital for a stab wound, while a 15-year-old boy was treated for facial injuries.