Two men also injured in ‘heinous act of violence’ with ‘crying and screaming’ heard by residents outside church. A woman who was killed in a triple shooting in Harlesden has been named by police as 46-year-old Michelle Sadio while another victim fights for his life.
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Describing the incident as a “heinous act of violence”, the Metropolitan Police said officers were called at around 9.15pm on Saturday night to Gifford Road in Brent. Local residents told of seeing “bodies on the ground” and hearing “a lot of crying and screaming” amid the “pandemonium”.
A woman, aged in her 40s, was pronounced dead at the scene. Formal identification has not taken place, but police say they are confident the victim is Michelle. Two men, both in their 30s were also injured. One is in hospital in a critical condition while the second man’s injuries are not thought to be life threatening.
There have been no arrests and an investigation into the shooting continues, the force added. A neighbour, who lives on Gifford Road, said people had been at a wake in a nearby church at the time of the fatal shooting. “People came out of the church, they were at a wake and they saw the bodies on the ground,” they said. “I heard a lot of crying and screaming.”.
Another local resident, who also did not wish to be named, said he was inside the River of Life Elim Pentecostal Church on Gifford Road, which is behind the police cordon, on Saturday night, when someone came into the church to say there had been a shooting. He described the scene outside as “pandemonium”.
