Ilford

2022 - 10 - 26

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Ilford shooting: Drill rapper among two dead as suspect in 'joker ... (Telegraph.co.uk)

Third victim fights for life in hospital as police appeal for help in capturing assailants involved in east London fight.

I will be having urgent conversations with the Met.” He said: “My son aged nine was watching the fireworks and then saw a man wearing all black clothing with a joker mask run through the garden. One of the victims has been named locally as a drill rapper who went by the moniker Giddy. Not nearly enough is being done to combat violent crime and protect my constituents. He said of the wounded man: “I was just trying to make conversation to keep him alive because he had a gunshot wound. Scotland Yard said they were carrying out “urgent enquiries to trace a number of suspects” and officers had recovered a car linked to the shooting in nearby Ronnie Lane.

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Ilford shooting: Two men shot dead and a third critically injured as ... (Essex Live)

The incident saw armed police officers attending the scene and found three men with severe injuries from gunshots. One man in his 20s was tragically declared ...

"The third victim, aged in his 30s, was taken to hospital, where he remains in a critical condition. A spokesman for the Met said: "Police believe they know the identity of the victim in his 20s. Two men have been shot dead near Essex following an incident in Ilford - with a third man critically injured.

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'Number of people' in Ilford house where two shot dead (Ilford Recorder)

Both victims, aged 23 and 30, have now been identified by police after reports of a triple shooting in Henley Road, at 12.16am yesterday (Tuesday, October 25).

“I believe there were a number of people at the house in Henley Road at the time of the shooting and I would encourage them to come forward as a matter of urgency.” [sound of screams in the area has become normal](https://www.ilfordrecorder.co.uk/news/23078040.neighbours-fear-going-out-two-shot-dead-ilford/). According to a new appeal launched by the Met, there were a number of people inside the house at the time of the shooting. "We are still in the early stages of the investigation and are working to establish exactly what happened. ['Screams at night are normal' - neighbours speak of fear after two shot dead](https://www.ilfordrecorder.co.uk/news/23078040.neighbours-fear-going-out-two-shot-dead-ilford/) [Man wearing 'Joker mask' seen running away after two shot dead](https://www.ilfordrecorder.co.uk/news/23077207.man-joker-mask-seen-ilford-two-shot-dead/) ["Properly funded policing" needed to tackle gun crime after two shot dead](https://www.ilfordrecorder.co.uk/news/23076385.call-properly-funded-policing-ilford-gun-deaths/) “A number of people” were believed to be in an Ilford house where two men were shot dead, police say.

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