Friends mourn teen shot dead in parked car
THIS is the first picture of a teenager shot dead at close range as he sat in a parked car on a busy shopping street.
Witnesses described hearing two gunshots near the junction of Bedford Road in Ilford at 10pm on Tuesday.
A nearby shop worker pulled Abdi Sheikh, 19, from the parked Mercedes and attempted to revive him in the road as paramedics arrived.
But the former Wanstead High School pupil, who studied mechanical engineering at Redbridge College, was pronounced dead at the scene an hour later.
His murder came 48 hours after 18-year-old David Adegbite was shot in the head less than two miles away in a gang ambush.
Scotland Yard has said it has no information to suggest the two killings are linked.
Mr Sheikh’s friends took to social media to pay tribute to the student. One said: “He was such a lovely guy. At school he always brought his homework in early and he loved science.”
David Monroe wrote on Facebook: “My bro this is the last time I’ll ever speak to you again, I miss you. I’ll love you forever.” A shop worker said: “There was some sort of a gang fight and then a stabbing and two gunshots and then the shooters drove off.”
Anyone with information should contact police on 101 or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.