Moment gunman pulls up to wake and kills mum in horror drive by shooting as terrified churchgoers flee
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THIS is the chilling moment a car pulls up before a gunman inside opens fire on a large group, leaving a mother dead. In video obtained by the Sun, seven gunshots can be heard ringing out on a tight residential street before the vehicle speeds into the distance.
![[Video shows the moment the gunman opens fire]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/image_dc225c.png?strip=all&w=960)
The desperate screams of a woman could be heard as people scattered in an attempt to find cover from the attack. The black motor creeps around the corner and hones in on the victims, who had been attending a wake in the church opposite. In a matter of just seconds a mum in her 40s was left dead and two men, in their 30s were left seriously hurt from the salvo.
![[People fled as the shots rang out]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/image_b79629.png?strip=all&w=567)
The attack happened outside the River of Life Elim Pentecostal Church at 9.15pm on Saturday. The mum, described by a pal as a “brilliant woman”, was hit and died at the scene in front of weeping onlookers. The pal said: “She was a light in all of our lives. She adored her children and worked hard to give them a happy life.
![[Forensics officers at the scene in Harlesden]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/cant-real-please-tell-isnt-957583142.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
“She didn’t deserve this. No one does.”. Hours after the shooting a distraught relative arrived at the scene and was heard screaming: “tell me this isn’t real” before being consoled by cops. Pastor Lawrence Larbie said those injured were visiting on Saturday for the wake of an elderly member of the church.
![[A woman, believed to be in her 40s, has died]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/police-launch-murder-probe-triple-957596306.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
He said: “There was chaos and pandemonium. The meeting came to an abrupt end. People knew the persons who had been shot.”. He added: “They came with very deadly, evil intentions to cause death.”. A neighbour said: “People came out of the church, they were at a wake and they saw the bodies on the ground.
![[Forensics at the scene on Saturday night]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/cant-real-please-tell-isnt-957582401.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
