A 32-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of a 16-year-old boy who was fatally shot in broad daylight.
Teenager Lathaniel Burrell, from Stockwell, London, was gunned down in Paradise Road in the area on Tuesday.
Witnesses previously told how they saw Burrell being ‘assassinated’ by a delivery driver on a moped.
They are said to have shot at two boys walking down stairs from a block of flats at around 2.30pm.
Officers were alerted at 15:21hrs on Tuesday, March 4 to reports of a shooting and officers attended with emergency service colleagues.
Medics from London’s Air Ambulance and the London Ambulance Service treated Lathaniel at the scene but despite their efforts, he sadly died. His family are being supported by officers.
Forensics officers examined the scene, including elevators at Stockwell underground station.
Lathaniel’s family described him as a Manchester United fan who enjoyed playing Playstation 5, and had one sibling, a sister.
A Stockwell resident, who said she knew the boy’s mother, said Lathaniel was ‘very bright at school’ and said his father worked at a nearby go-karting facility.
‘He is great at looking after this community,’ the woman, who asked not to be named, said.
Aftab Khan, 18, who runs a corner shop near to the road, said the teenager often came into the store and described him as a ‘nice kid’.
He told the Telegraph: ‘He would always say hello. He would always pay me back if I let him have a drink for free if he didn’t have enough money. He was a good guy.
‘Now I can’t go outside – I’m scared. It’s a very bad area.’
A London Ambulance Service spokesperson said: ‘We were called at 2.32pm [on Tuesday] to reports of a shooting in Paradise Road, SW4.
‘We sent a number of resources to the scene, including an ambulance crew, a paramedic in a fast response car, a paramedic from our tactical response unit and an incident response officer.
‘We also dispatched London’s Air Ambulance.
‘Very sadly, despite the best efforts of our crews, a person was pronounced dead at the scene.’
Detective Chief Inspector Sarah Lee said: ‘Our detectives are working hard to piece together the events of Tuesday afternoon and identify those responsible for killing Lathaniel.
‘We continue to appeal for anyone with information about Lathaniel’s murder to please come forward and speak to us.’
She previously said: ‘We need the help of the public too – if you were in the local area please think remember back to yesterday afternoon and come forward with any information, no matter how small.
‘We are particularly keen to speak to anyone who has any mobile phone or dash cam footage from the area surrounding Paradise Road.’
Lathaniel is the latest young person to lose their life in a suspected act of gang violence in recent months.
In an unrelated incident in January, a 14-year-old boy was stabbed to death on a London bus in Woolwich.
Aspiring drill rapper Kelyan Bokassa had been groomed by gangs and exposed to drugs before his death, his mother said.
He was stabbed in front of horrified passengers on a route 472 bus in Woolwich at around 2.30pm in the afternoon.
If you have any information which may help the investigation, please call 101 with the reference 4116/04MAR.
You can also contact the independent charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 if you want to remain anonymous.
This is a breaking news story and is being updated.