Brixton shooting: ‘Innocent’ Deliveroo driver was on last delivery when he was caught in the cross fire of ‘gang battle’ | The Sun
AN 'INNOCENT' Deliveroo driver was reportedly on his last delivery of the night before tragically being killed in the crossfire of a deadly gang "gun battle".
Armed police swooped on the horror scene in Brixton, London after a volley of shots rang out at around 7.50pm on Sunday.
The Metropolitan Police said two men were found injured on Railton Road but could not be saved by medics and died at the scene.
Paulo Silva, 42, a Deliveroo driver, drove to the scene on his moped and said he knew one of the men who had died from work.
He described the 21-year-old as a "good boy" and "young", adding that it was his last delivery of the day.
The takeaway driver is not believed to have been directly involved in the horror and was unfortunately caught up in the "gang" attack.
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According to Paulo this was one of his co-worker's last shifts before he planned to move home to Brazil.
He said: “This was my friend. This was his last order before he went home. He was 21.”
The friend also revealed a damaged motorbike at the crime scene belonged to the victim.
Another one of his colleagues from Deliveroo, who didn’t want to be named, said the victim was a “very good guy”.
Gregory Osefoh, 59, who runs Stanley Mini Markey, wasn’t working when the shooting took place but his colleague was.
He said: “He thought it was fireworks going on outside. He was ok.”
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“Nobody will feel good when a life is lost. People shooting each other for nothing. It is terrible. We’re not brought up that way where we come from, we have family values we have value for life.
"Most people don’t know the opportunities they have and resort to crime. It’s very unfortunate.”
Unconfirmed local reports claimed two people on a moped exchanged fire with the occupants of a car which crashed soon after on the same road.
One resident reported hearing around 12 gunshots as the mayhem unfolded.
Including the two men killed last night, six people have been slain in a week of London bloodshed.
A man was stabbed to death near London Waterloo Station in the early hours of Saturday morning.
And a murder investigation was launched on Sunday morning after a 21-year-old man was fatally knifed in Brent.
While last week two men were gunned down in an alleged tit-for-tar war between rival gangs in East London.
Video footage from the aftermath in Brixton shows a trail of debris and destruction.
A wrecked blue hatchback can be seen on the pavement with a crumpled bonnet, and a wheel torn off its axle in the road nearby.
Meanwhile its engine was ripped out and catapulted to the other side of the street by the force of the impact.
At least four parked cars were also badly damaged, including a black VW that appeared to have had its rear windscreen shot in.
Police said they had made no arrests so far and appealed for witnesses.
Cops are still present at the scene this morning with a forensic tent erected.
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The force did not reveal the nature of the injuries suffered by the two victims.
Their next of kin are yet to be informed and police are awaiting formal identification.
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