Operation Trident detectives drafted in
Ealing
Police are appealing for witnesses and information following an attempted
murder in Ealing on Monday 3.1.05.
Police were called at around 3 pm to Beech Gardens at the junction with
Cedar Grove, Ealing W5 to reports of a shooting. Officers attended the
location with London Ambulance Service and found 18-yr-old Tyrone James
suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. He was taken by air ambulance
to an east London hospital where his condition is described as serious
but stable. The gunmen's faces were covered with scarves, and they were
described as black, and it is believed that they escaped in a vehicle.
Police are still searching for the handgun.
An incident room has opened at West Hendon under detectives from Operation
Trident.
There have been no arrests yet, and there are no suspects descriptions
to issue at present, but the police are treating this case as attempted
murder.
A number of items have been retrieved from the scene and sent for forensic
examination.
Anyone
with information is asked to call the incident room at Hendon on 020 8733
4704 or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111
January 11, 2005
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