Stamford Hill: Woman shot in leg was not intended target – Met Police

A woman who was shot in the leg in north London was not the intended target, the Met Police has said.

Officers were called to Reizel Close, Stamford Hill, at about 19:40 BST on Tuesday to reports of a shooting.

The woman was taken to an east London hospital where her condition was assessed as not life-threatening.

No arrests have been made and officers are not treating it as a hate crime. Anyone with information or footage has been urged to contact police.

Det Insp Dave Hickford of the Met’s Specialist Crime Command said: “We are working hard to establish the full circumstance surrounding this incident and following initial enquiries we do not believe that the victim was the intended target.”

Det Ch Sup James Conway, local policing lead for Hackney and Tower Hamlets, added it was an “extremely concerning” incident which “illustrates just how indiscriminate the danger of gun crime can be.”

He added: “This incident created additional concern, given the proximity to our large Jewish community in the Stamford Hill area.

“I can confirm that there is no indication that this offence was hate related and it was not directly connected with our Jewish communities or international events.”

Specialist firearms officers and London Ambulance Service responded to the callout.

A spokesperson for the London Ambulance Service said it treated the woman at the scene before taking her to a major trauma centre as a priority.