Police are investigating a potential link between a stabbing and a drive-by shooting that left five people injured, two critically, in south London.
Metropolitan Police were first called to Coldharbour Lane, Brixton, at 1.14 am on Saturday following reports of shots fired from a vehicle. Four individuals sustained gunshot wounds. A 25-year-old man remains in a life-threatening condition, while three others – aged 21, 47, and 70 – were hospitalised with injuries deemed not life-threatening or life-changing.
Just over an hour later, at 2.17 am, officers responded to a stabbing in nearby Acre Lane, approximately 700 metres away. A 33-year-old man was discovered with multiple stab wounds and taken to hospital, where his condition is also described as life-threatening.
No arrests have been made in connection with either incident. Officers are investigating the possibility that the two incidents are linked, the Met said.
Anyone with information or footage is urged to contact police or Crimestoppers quoting reference CAD 557/2May for the Coldharbour Lane shooting and CAD 907/2May for the Acre Lane stabbing.
Several police officers were seen searching an area of grass outside the Southwyck House estate on Coldharbour Lane on Saturday evening. An estate resident said he believed the incident took place during a barbecue party on the patch of green, while a shop worker told of providing shelter to people in the wake of gunshots.
