Hunt for suspect in London shooting

Will Bolton and

Albert Tait

THREE people were hospitalised yesterday and a manhunt was last night under way after a shotgun was fired through a pub window during a police chase through Clapham High Street.

The Metropolitan Police said the suspected gunman was still at large and the victims had been taken to hospital.

Two of those injured were hit with shotgun pellets and the third person was injured by a moped, police said. None of the injuries is believed to be life-threatening.

The force said officers had been in pursuit of a moped that failed to stop in the Clapham area at around 4.55pm yesterday afternoon. A firearm, believed to be a shotgun, was discharged from the moped before the suspects abandoned the vehicle and fled the scene. Several roads in the area were cordoned off.

Pictures from witnesses at the scene appear to show a hole in a window of the Belle Vue pub.

In a video posted on TikTok, a police officer is heard telling members of the public to move away from the area, shouting: “Go that way, that way, that way, there’s a shotgun here.”

The video then shows an officer standing over what appears to be a firearm. One witness, Henry Smith, who was in the Belle Vue with friends at the

‘Two women got shot in the pub... One was shot on the side of the head or got hit by shotgun shrapnel’

time of the shooting, said two women inside the pub were left bleeding after being hit by shrapnel.

He told MailOnline: “There was a really loud bang and broken glass. There were two people who ran past the window, having crashed their moped.

Robert Stu, 48, saw a pedestrian hit by a moped at a road crossing. “I heard a loud rev and saw a moped travelling down the road.

“A man was crossing the road at the crossing and the moped smashed into him straight in his leg and it looked like it broke his leg or shin.”

London Ambulance Service said it had taken two people to a London major trauma centre and one to hospital.

A Met spokesman said: “An investigation has been launched following a firearms incident in south London.

“At 16.55 on Friday March 1, police were in pursuit of a moped that had failed to stop in the Clapham area.”

They added: “While we await formal assessments, at this stage we don’t believe any of those injured to be in a life-threatening condition.

“A crime scene is in place and urgent enquiries to trace the moped are ongoing. There have been no arrests at this stage. Firearms officers are searching the area.”

Three people hospitalised after shotgun is fired through pub window during police chase

The crime scene at Clapham, south London. One witness said ‘two women got shot in the pub. They were all right but bleeding’