Teenager killed in Peckham gang clash
A TEENAGE boy was shot dead and two others stabbed as rival gangs clashed yesterday.
The youth, who has not been named, was found dead in the stairwell of a block of flats on the Pelican Estate in Peckham, south London, at about 4.30pm – as police were searching for another teenager reported to have been stabbed.
Soon afterwards officers found the 17-year-old stabbed in a nearby block of flats, while an 18-year-old turned up at a local hospital with knife wounds.
They were both described as being in a “stable condition” last night.
A Scotland Yard spokesman said: “Officers are treating all three incidents as linked at this early stage.
“Three males were arrested at the scene in connection with the investigation.”
The killing brings the number of teenage deaths in the capital to 19 this year.
The latest victim is also the third youth to be murdered in Peckham in less than six months.