A girl aged nine is “fighting for her life” after a shooting in which three adults were also injured in Hackney, east London.
The “innocent victim” was having dinner with her family in a restaurant in Kingsland High Street, in Dalston, when shots came from outside at about 21:20 BST on Wednesday, Ch Supt James Conway of the Metropolitan Police said.
Three men, aged 26, 37 and 42, sitting outside the restaurant were also injured by gunshot, believed to have come from a motorbike.
They and the girl, who are not believed to be known to each other, remain in hospital, with one of the men potentially suffering “life-changing” injuries.
Ch Supt James Conway said there were two crime scenes.
One at the scene of the shooting and another at Colverstone Crescent, where the stolen motorbike was recovered.
He added: “Events such as these are rarely spontaneous.
“Someone knows who is responsible for this shooting that has left a little girl fighting for her life.”
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