A 17-year-old girl has been shot dead in north London.
Scotland Yard said officers were called to reports of a shooting in Chalgrove Road, Tottenham, at 9.35pm on Monday.
Despite the efforts of the London Ambulance Service, the girl was pronounced dead at the scene at 10.43pm.
A woman who claims to have known the victim told the Press Association the 17-year-old had been “just chilling with her friends” when she was shot from a car for “no reason at all”.
“The car just pulled up and just started shooting,” said the 21-year-old, who did not want to be named.
“Her friend came banging on my door so I came out quickly,” she said. “I even tried to save her – had to, had to.”
She said the gunshot wound to the victim’s chest was not immediately visible. “I put her on her side and I was just rubbing her back, saying ‘everything’s going to be OK’. I just can’t believe it – so young.”
She told how the victim’s mother arrived before paramedics, adding: “She was screaming. She didn’t know what to do.” She said it only became clear the 17-year-old had been shot when the paramedics took her bra off.
“She didn’t deserve that. Her mum didn’t deserve to watch her die,” she said. The witness described the deceased as a “good girl”, adding: “She was so lovely.”
No arrests have been made over the shooting, which comes amid concerns over rising violent crime in the capital.
Elsewhere in the capital on Monday, a 16-year-old boy was shot in Walthamstow, east London and a second teenager suffered “life-changing” stab wounds.
The number of murders investigated by the Met Police has risen steadily since the beginning of the year, with eight in January, 15 in February and 22 in March – most as a result of stabbings.
A spokesman for the Met said: “One murder is one too many, and we are working hard with our partners to understand the increase and what we can all do to prevent these tragedies from happening in the first place.”
City Hall said it is “deeply concerned” but insists London “remains one of the safest [cities] in the world”.