Second teen dies after night of street violence

A 16-year-old boy has become the second teenager to die after being shot on the same night in London, police said.

The youth, who was shot in the face in Walthamstow, east London, on Monday night, died in hospital yesterday, Scotland Yard said.

His death came after that of Tanesha Melbourne, 17, who was gunned down around 30 minutes earlier just three miles away in Tottenham on Monday – apparently a casualty of a gang war.

The boy’s death took the capital’s murder toll for the year so far to 48 in little over three months.

Officers were called to Markhouse Road in Walthamstow at around 10pm on Monday to reports that shots had been fired.

Scotland Yard said a 16-yearold boy who was found with gunshot injuries, died in hospital surrounded by his family yesterday afternoon. Scotland Yard said no arrests have been made and inquiries are continuing into the incident in Walthamstow.

A 15-year-old boy, also discovered at the scene in Walthamstow, was treated for stab injuries and he has subsequently been released from hospital.

Tanesha was shot in Chalgrove Road, Tottenham, north London, shortly before 9.30pm on Monday.

Her mother, who watched her daughter’s life slip away, laid flowers at the scene yesterday, with a card reading: “To my baby Nesha. I’m gonna miss you so much, you’re always gonna be with me everywhere I go.” It was signed “Love Mummy”. Schoolfriend Candice Hassan, 17, said Tanesha was “in the wrong place at the wrong time”.

Tanesha Melbourne died in the random shooting.