Camden funeral shooting arrest made in Cricklewood

The victims were shot as they exited a funeral service for British-Colombian cancer victim Sara Sanchez, 20, and her mother Fresia Calderon, 50, at St Aloysius church, north London, at around 1.30pm on Saturday.

Carlos Arturo Sanchez-Coronado, Ms Calderon’s ex-husband, was jailed in the UK for his role in a money laundering operation for a London drugs gang linked to the Cali cartel in Colombia, The Telegraph reports.

Earlier today (Sunday 15 January), Superintendent Jack Rowlands, Neighbourhoods Superintendent for Camden and Islington, delivered an update in Phoenix Road, Camden:

“Just before 1.30pm yesterday, we were called to reports of a shooting outside St Aloysius Church in Phoenix Road, Camden.

“Officers responded with paramedics and a crew from London’s Air Ambulance.

“They found multiple people with injuries caused by pellets fired from a shotgun.

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“Four women – aged 21, 41, 48 and 54 – were taken to central London hospitals where thankfully their injuries were assessed as non-life threatening.

“The 48-year-old woman has sustained potentially life changing injuries.

“Two children were also injured.

“A 12-year-old girl sustained a leg injury. She was treated at hospital before being discharged yesterday afternoon. She is expected to make a full recovery.

“A seven-year-old girl was more seriously injured.

“She remains in hospital in a stable but life threatening condition and our thoughts are with her and her family.

“The incident took place as mourners gathered outside the church following a funeral.

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“We believe the suspects discharged a shotgun from a moving vehicle, which was a black Toyota C-HR, likely a 2019 model or similar.

“This was a shocking incident.

“People came here to attend a funeral, to be with friends and loved ones and to mourn together. Instead they were the victims of a senseless act of violence.

“We know it will have had a significant impact on communities across Camden and we will have a visible police presence in the local area in the coming days and weeks to provide extra reassurance.

“I can promise that we are doing everything we can to identify and bring to justice those who were responsible for this attack.

“The investigation is being led by the Met’s Specialist Crime Command.

The victims were shot as they exited a funeral service for British-Colombian cancer victim Sara Sanchez, 20, and her mother Fresia Calderon, 50, at St Aloysius church, north London, at around 1.30pm on Saturday.

Carlos Arturo Sanchez-Coronado, Ms Calderon’s ex-husband, was jailed in the UK for his role in a money laundering operation for a London drugs gang linked to the Cali cartel in Colombia, The Telegraph reports.

Earlier today (Sunday 15 January), Superintendent Jack Rowlands, Neighbourhoods Superintendent for Camden and Islington, delivered an update in Phoenix Road, Camden:

“Just before 1.30pm yesterday, we were called to reports of a shooting outside St Aloysius Church in Phoenix Road, Camden.

“Officers responded with paramedics and a crew from London’s Air Ambulance.

“They found multiple people with injuries caused by pellets fired from a shotgun.

“Four women – aged 21, 41, 48 and 54 – were taken to central London hospitals where thankfully their injuries were assessed as non-life threatening.

“The 48-year-old woman has sustained potentially life changing injuries.

“Two children were also injured.

“A 12-year-old girl sustained a leg injury. She was treated at hospital before being discharged yesterday afternoon. She is expected to make a full recovery.

“A seven-year-old girl was more seriously injured.

“She remains in hospital in a stable but life threatening condition and our thoughts are with her and her family.

“The incident took place as mourners gathered outside the church following a funeral.

“We believe the suspects discharged a shotgun from a moving vehicle, which was a black Toyota C-HR, likely a 2019 model or similar.

“This was a shocking incident.

“People came here to attend a funeral, to be with friends and loved ones and to mourn together. Instead they were the victims of a senseless act of violence.

“We know it will have had a significant impact on communities across Camden and we will have a visible police presence in the local area in the coming days and weeks to provide extra reassurance.

“I can promise that we are doing everything we can to identify and bring to justice those who were responsible for this attack.

“The investigation is being led by the Met’s Specialist Crime Command.

Detectives investigating the shooting outside a church in Euston have arrested a 22-year-old man on suspicion of attempted murder.

The man was arrested after a car was stopped in Cricklewood Lane, Barnet, shortly before 4pm on Sunday, 15 January. He has been taken into custody

Police were called at 13:29hrs on Saturday, 14 January to reports of a shooting in Phoenix Road, NW1.
Officers responded with medics from the London Ambulance Service and London’s Air Ambulance.

Three women – aged 48, 54 and 41 – were taken to a central London hospital where their injuries were assessed as non-life threatening. The 48-year-old has potentially life changing injuries.

A 21-year-old woman was also taken to a central London hospital and her condition has been assessed as non life-threatening.

At 14:05hrs, police were informed that a seven-year-old girl had been taken to a central London hospital with injuries sustained in the same incident. She remains in hospital in a serious but stable condition.

 

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