Two men were killed in separate shootings in London on Sunday, police confirmed.
A man in his 20s was shot dead on Sunday night in Wood Green less than 24 hours after Sam Brown, 28, was fatally shot in Waltham Forest.
Police were called to Cheney Row Park, Waltham Forest, at around 12.30am on Sunday to reports of shots fired.
Soon after, two men, one of whom was Mr Brown, turned up at an east London hospital.
Mr Brown, of Waltham Forest, later died from gunshot wounds.
The other man, around 30 years old, had stab wounds. He was later released from the hospital and arrested in connection with the incident.
Detectives are conducting a homicide investigation into Mr Brown’s death.
Police have appealed for any witnesses to remember his “grieving mother and father” and help with their enquiries.
“There’s always trouble here”
Residents near Cheney Row Park said they expected trouble when they saw groups arriving in the area.
One man, who did not want to be named, told the PA News Agency: “We live around the corner so we didn’t see anything, but earlier I saw more and more kids showing up so we thought… that there will be a battle.”
“We didn’t think it would be anything like this.
Another resident, who also did not want to be identified, said he had to fetch his young daughter from the park around 5 p.m., saying a group of teenagers had been “smoking weed” and taking other drugs since the early afternoon.
He said, “There’s always trouble here.”
No arrests have yet been made in connection with the Wood Green shooting, police say. The victim’s next of kin have been notified.
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