A young man has been killed in a shooting in south London.
The victim, thought to be in his late teens or early 20s, was found with gunshot wounds outside a block of flats in Tulse Hill. He died at the scene.Police said they were alerted to reports of shots being fired outside Purser House at 2300 BST on Monday.
Witnesses said they had heard four gun shots before hearing a car speeding away. Officers are looking into whether the killing was gang-related.
The victim is the third man to be killed in south London over the past 14 days.
Chuka Umunna, the Labour MP for Streatham, said: "My condolences go out to his family and friends.
"This will have rocked them, and the wider community on the estate, to the core."
The Metropolitan Police's Operation Trident unit, which investigates gun crime in London's black communities, has been informed.
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