Politicians echo shock felt by community at large following Stockwell shooting
By Robert Firth, Local Democracy Reporter
South London politicians have expressed shock and sadness after a 16-year-old schoolboy was shot dead near Stockwell Tube station yesterday afternoon
Police are hunting for the teenager’s killers following the incident. The boy was pronounced dead at the scene on Paradise Road at around 2:30pm.
David Oxley, a local Labour councillor who lives nearby, said: “It has deeply shocked and saddened our community and our thoughts are with the family of the victim, knowing the deep loss they must be feeling. We also really hope that the killers will quickly be brought to justice.”
Cllr Dr Mahamed Hashi, Lambeth’s cabinet member for safer communities, said he was in the area with other representatives from the council on Wednesday morning, offering support to residents and the police.
He said: “We are shocked at this tragic violence in our borough in which a teenager has so cruelly been taken from us. This is an incredibly traumatic moment for our communities, and our thoughts this morning are especially with the victim’s family, loved ones and friends.
“As a council we are committed to making Lambeth one of the safest boroughs in London and are working incredibly hard to play our role in ensuring the kind of violence that has so sadly claimed this young person’s life ends, and that all our young people have a secure future here.”
Cllr Dr Hashi added that he would be encouraging anyone with information that could help police to come forward and share.
Florence Eshalomi, MP for Vauxhall and Camberwell Green, said she was ‘sad’ to hear of the fatal shooting in a post on X.
It is not the first time in recent memory that the area around Clapham and Stockwell has been the scene of horrendous violence. Two teenagers were rushed to hospital after a stabbing on the same street (Paradise Road) in August 2023.
On that occasion, a 17-year-old boy was treated in hospital for a stab wound, while a 15-year-old boy was treated for facial injuries.
Pictured top: Councillor Dr Mahamed Hashi – who is among those to have voiced feelings of horror at the killing (Picture: Lambeth council)