Three women and a seven-year-old girl have been injured in a shooting outside the double funeral of a single mother and her 20-year-old daughter in north London, the Metropolitan Police said.
All four sustained gunshot wounds when unidentified perpetrators performed a drive-by shooting outside St Aloysius church on Phoenix Road opposite Euston railway station at around 2pm this afternoon.
Victims were attending the funeral service of Fresia Calderon, 50, and her daughter, Sara Sanchez, 20, who died within a month of each other in November.
Witnesses told MyLondon the group was fired upon as they went outside to watch the flying of doves after the service.
The adult victims – aged 48, 54 and 41 – were taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries, though police said the 48-year-old suffered potentially ‘life-changing’ trauma.
The seven-year-old was also rushed to hospital, but there is no update on her condition.
‘It was chaos. It was horrible. No one knew if it was a bomb or gunman,’ one witness said.
Police are pictured at the scene of a shooting outside a funeral on Phoenix Road, next to Euston railway station
The Met released a statement claiming initial enquiries suggest the shots were fired from a moving vehicle which quickly fled the scene
The witness added: ‘We were looking for places to hide. We all just snuggled into corners where we could. We left after about 10 minutes, I did not dare [leave before]. It was not nice.’
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Fresia Calderon died after suffering a pulmonary embolism after she arrived to Heathrow from Colombia on November 5.
Her daughter Sara Sanchez, who had been diagnosed with leukaemia three years ago, succumbed 25 days later after ‘giving up all hope’, according to a family member.
It is unknown why the funeral service was targeted by the as yet unidentified shooters.
Single mum Fresia Calderon and her daughter Sara Sanchez died within a month of each other
Police are pictured having cordoned off the scene of a shooting outside a funeral at a church on Phoenix road, North London
The Met released a statement claiming initial enquiries suggest the shots were fired from a moving vehicle which quickly fled the scene.
‘There is a significant police presence in the area. An urgent investigation is under way and details of the incident are still emerging,’ the Met said.
‘At this early stage there have been no arrests.’
Anyone who witnessed the incident or who has information about what took place should call 101, giving the reference 3357/14JAN.
Information can also be provided to Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111
