Amaan Shakoor was said to have been shot in the face by two men on Monday
He died in hospital yesterday and the Met have launched murder investigation
Amaan's father described his son as 'wonderful' and said they were 'devastated'
He was shot just two miles from where 17-year-old Tanesha Melbourne was killed
He died in hospital yesterday and the Met have launched murder investigation
Amaan's father described his son as 'wonderful' and said they were 'devastated'
He was shot just two miles from where 17-year-old Tanesha Melbourne was killed
Friends of the 16-year-old who died after being shot in the face have insisted he was in 'the wrong place at the wrong time' despite claims he had been threatened at gun point recently over selling cocaine in the wrong area.
Amaan Shakoor was said to have been shot in the face by two hooded men on Monday night near a school in Walthamstow, East London.
Police said the 16-year-old died in hospital yesterday. He was the 49th person to be murdered in London this year fuelling fears of a surge in youth violence and postcode wars between gangs.
Amaan's father, Mohammed Shakoor, speaking at the family's east London home said: 'He was a wonderful son. We need time to come to terms with this, we are obviously devastated.'
Mohammed Asghar, 15, was in hospital after being stabbed in the arm twice but has now been released.
Residents said drug dealers operated in a nearby estate.
Local Labour MP Stella Creasy said police were re-introducing blanket 'stop and search' powers after the 'horrific incident'.
The youngster was gunned down just minutes after 17-year-old Tanesha Melbourne was shot dead two miles away in Tottenham.
Amaan Shakoor was said to have been shot in the face by two hooded men on Monday night near a school in Walthamstow, East London
A police officer carries out a search of a young man as large crowds gathered near the site where Amaan was killed
Police officers intervene and search two men following an altercation at the scene where Amaan Shakoor was shot on Monday night in Walthamstow, east London
Friends of Mr Shakoor arrive at the scene of his death to lay flowers and have a drink in his honour
A group of people arrive at the scene earlier this afternoon, carrying drinks and floral tributes
Amaan was understood to have been with friends outside Walthamstow Leisure Centre when the attack happened at around 10pm on Monday.
Neighbours said they heard two shots about five seconds apart, but initially thought the noises were fireworks.
A witness told how he had been standing round the corner when 'two boys, hooded up' ran past him. Damian Slay, 17, from east London, said: 'They must have run up to them, stabbed one in the arm and faced the other one and just shot him in the face and run off.'
Highlighting how commonplace violence has become in the capital, the 17-year-old added: 'I wasn't startled because I've seen all of this before.'
Damian, a friend of the victim, said he believed the attack was because Amaan had ignored warnings from rival drug dealers to stay off their patch.
A large police presence was on the scene in Walthamstow today as dozens of people came to pay their respects to Amaan
A friend of Amann's arrives at the scene this afternoon at lays a bouquet of flowers against the wall of the leisure centre
Several young men, many of whom were covering their faces, were seen chatting outside the leisure centre this afternoon
A youngster is searched by police officers following a disagreement between two groups this afternoon
The 16-year-old boy was shot outside this leisure centre in Walthamstow, north London, on Monday
He said Amaan was a 'nice guy' with a 'wrong side' who had been threatened at gun point recently over dealing cocaine in the wrong area.
However Amaan's friends have said it was a 'case of mistaken identity'.
Speaking outside the scene of the shooting at Walthamstow Leisure Centre, a man who gave his name only as Osman, 32, said of Amaan: 'He was just a good lad. He wasn't involved in gangs or drugs or anything like that.
'It was a case of mistaken identity. He was just in the wrong place at the wrong time.
'There are gang wars going on and this young lad has just unfortunately got caught up in it.
'He was in his last year at school studying for his GCSEs. He had his whole future ahead of him.'
Osman said the youngster was just a normal kid who was into football and loved hanging out with friends and going out to eat.
A friend claimed that he was attacked by 'rival drug dealers' when they warned him not to sell cocaine in a part of their borough
Tanesha's mother Sharon Melbourne and her little sister arrived to lay flowers at the scene
Floral tributes for Tanesha were left on Chalgrove Road, Tottenham, north London
Shirley Chase, 78, who lives a few doors away from Amaan's family in Walthamstow, said he knew the youngster who was 'very pleasant'.
He said: 'I have been to see the family. They are very, very sad. He is only 16. I was very polite. I would see him walking up and down the street. I have been seeing him since he was a kid.
'It is just such a waste of life. I have been here since 1969 and the violence has got worse.
'If they cut all the funds, what do you expect? They have cut all of it to all services.'
Mohammed Asghar's father, Ali, fears Amaan and his son, both Muslims, may have been attacked as part of 'Punish a Muslim Day'.
A Met Police spokesman said: 'The 16-year-old boy died in hospital at 5.45pm on Tuesday, 3 April. His next of kin were present at hospital when he passed away.'The Homicide and Major Crime Command are now investigating alongside colleagues from the Trident and Area Crime Command. No arrests have been made.'
They added: 'The 15-year-old was treated for stab injuries which are no longer life changing. He has now been released from hospital.'
Acting detective chief inspector Glenn Butler, from the Trident and Area Crime Command, said: 'I fully appreciate the alarm, shock and revulsion caused by this murder and other fatal shootings we have seen across London over the last few months.
'We are doing everything we can to identify the culprits and bring them to justice. We can't do this alone.
'We need those within the community who have information about those involved to search their own conscience and call us with information.'
London's year of knife carnage: The 48 victims of 2018 murders
JANUARY - Eight deaths
1 January, Steve Frank Narvaez-Arias, 20: Stabbed in the chest on New Year's Day at a flat party in a council estate off Old Street in Islington, north London. After moving to the UK from Ecuador, the 20-year-old was reading physics and aerospace at Hertfordshire University and hoped to become a pilot
8 January, Daniel Frederick, 34: Daniel was killed metres from his home in Hackney after attending a hospital appointment for his pregnant partner
3 January, Elizabeta Lacatusu, 44: Found bleeding to death on Norfolk Road, in Ilford, after she had her throat slashed. She worked at a restaurant in the east London town and was returning home when she was stabbed to death
11 January, Harry Uzoka, 25: Harry, who was on the books of Premier Model Management and had modelled for brands including Mercedes and Zara - was stabbed in Shepherd's Bush. Neighbours reported a shout of 'hand it over' in the melee which involved several men
29 January, Juan Olmos Saca, 39: Died six days after being found stabbed at an address in Peckham
Steve Frank Narvaez-Arias, 20, was stabbed in the chest on New Year's Day at a flat party in a council estate off Old Street in Islington, north London. After moving to the UK from Ecuador, the 20-year-old was reading physics and aerospace at Hertfordshire University and hoped to become a pilot
Elizabeta Lacatusu, 44, was found bleeding to death on Norfolk Road, in Ilford, after she had her throat slashed on January 3
FEBRUARY - Fifteen deaths
1 February, Seyed Khan, 49: Found in Ilford Cemetery more than a week after he had been reported missing
3 February, Kwabena Nelson, 22: Ambushed in Tottenham in the early hours where he was fatally stabbed
3 February, Hasan Ozkan, 19: Stabbed to death in Abbey Road, Barking
5 February, Juan Olmos Saca: Died in hospital after being stabbed in Peckham
9 February, Hannah Leonard, 55: Fatally stabbed in Brays Tower, Primrose Hill
11 February, Sabri Chibani, 19: Stabbed in Streatham Common
12 February, Bulent Kabala, 41: The taxi driver was shot dead in a 'targeted hit' on a roundabout in Barnet
13 February, Saeeda Hussain, 54: Found with critical injuries at an address in Ilford and pronounced dead at the scene
14 February, Promise Nkenda, 17: Fatally stabbed in Newham, east London
15 February, Mark Smith, 48: Mr Smith was found injured in Chingford, and died shortly afterwards
18 February, Lewis Blackman, 19: Lewis, who grew up on the Peckwater estate in Kentish Town, was killed in Kensington. Witnesses told how a gang of about eight youths, some armed with sticks, shouted 'let's chase him down', before he was stabbed
19 February, Rotimi Oshibanjo, 26: Rotimi was fatally stabbed inside a property in the Halliday Square housing estate
20 February, Sadiq Mohamed, 20: The aspiring accountant was found with serious stab wounds in Malden Road, in Belsize Park
20 February, Abdikarim Hassan, 17: Abdikarim died in the street after being attacked in Camden
23 February, Josef Boci, 30: Jozef was beaten up in the street in Greenwich and died in hospital
Seyed Khan, 49, who was found dead in London at the beginning of the month - on February 1
Youth worker Kwabena Nelson (left), 22, who was stabbed to death in Tottenham and Hasan Ozcan who was fatally knifed - both on February 3
Hannah Leonard, who was 55, was found dead on February 9 in a flat in Camden, North London
Italian teenager Sabri Chibani, 19, was stabbed to death in south London on February 11, just weeks after moving to the capital to find work
Murder victim Bulent Kabala (left) was shot dead in targeted hit in Barnet on February 12, while Lewis Blackman (right), 19, was stabbed to death after a party in Kensington, west London, on February 18
Promise Nkenda, pictured here, was stabbed to death on Valentine's Day, February 14
Rotimi Oshibanjo, 26, pictured left, was killed on February 19 after he was knifed, and Adbikarim Hassan, 17, pictured right, was stabbed to death a day later on February 20
Sadiq Mohamed, 20, pictured here, was stabbed to death on February 20 in a spate of deadly crimes in the capital
Jozef Boci, 30, was assaulted on February 23, making him the final murder victim of the month
MARCH - 22 deaths
5 March, Kelva Smith, 20: Found stabbed in South Norwood, Croydon and pronounced dead at the scene
5 March, Laura Cecilia Navarrete De Figueira, 47, and her two children: Police launched a murder investigation after Laura Cecilia Navarrete De Figueira was found with stab wounds at her home in Twickenham. An hour earlier the body of her husband Figueira de Faria and the bodies of Claudio, 10, and Joaquin, seven, were discovered on the beach at Birling Gap, in Eastbourne, East Sussex.
10 March, Michael Boyle, 44: Mr Boyle, from Galashiels, Scotland died of multiple organ failure after being stabbed at a property in Southwark. He was found on February 25 but died on March 10
12 March, Nikolay Glushkov, 68: Russian businessman was found dead in his home in New Malden. He died from compression to the neck
14 March, Lyndon Davis, 18: The youngest to have been killed in March, was found suffering from a single stab wound in Chadwell Heath, east London
14 March, Joseph Williams-Torres, 20: Killed as he sat in a stationary car in Essex Close, Walthamstow
18 March, Russell Jones, 23: Ambushed outside shops near Ponders End station, in Enfield and stabbed and shot to death
18 March, Tyrone Silcott, 42: The father-of-two died from knife wounds after a St Patrick's Day party. It is alleged the car mechanic got into a row over two girls at a party in Homerton and was attacked
18 March, Hersi Hersi, 36: Hersi, who lived as a trans woman called Naomi, was pronounced dead at the scene after being found with knife injuries in Hounslow
19 March, Balbir Johal, 48: Died after being stabbed in Southall
19 March, Jermaine Johnson, 41: Found with stab injuries and pronounced dead at the scene in Walthamstow
20 March, Beniamin Pieknyi, 20: Believed to have jumped in to the fight in a bid to save his friend during the altercation at the Stratford Centre in east London. The 20-year-old, who only arrived in Britain two months ago from Romania, died in his best friend's arms after being chased and stabbed by a gang in the busy shopping centre
24 March, Julian Joseph, 36: Approached by two men on a bus in New Cross Road and assaulted resulting in a severe head injury on March 13. He died on March 24
25 March, Abraham Badru, 26: Gunned down in Hackney. The university graduate, who was murdered in Dalston, east London, was awarded the National Police Bravery Award in July 2009
26 March, David Potter, 50: Found stabbed to death in a property on Tooting High Street
29 March, unnamed man, 23: The victim was stabbed in the neck in Greenwich before being rushed to hospital by his friend where he died
30 March, Leyla Mtumwa, 36: Leyla was found dead with stab wounds to the neck and chest at an address in Haringey
Left, Leyla Mtumwa, 36, was found dead with stab wounds to the neck and chest at an address in Haringey. Right, Kelva Smith, 20, stabbed in South Norwood, Croydon and pronounced dead at the scene
Left, Jermaine Johnson, 41, was found with stab injuries and pronounced dead at the scene in Walthamstow. Right, Tyrone Silcott, 42, died from knife wounds after a St Patrick's Day party
Balbir Johal, 48: Died after being stabbed in Southall on March 19
Lyndon Davis (left), 18, the youngest to have been named in March, was found suffering from a single stab wound in Chadwell Heath, east London on March 14. Joseph Williams-Torres (right), 20, was killed the same evening as he sat in a stationary car in Essex Close, Walthamstow
Abraham Badru, 26: Gunned down in Hackney. The university graduate, who was murdered in Dalston, east London, on Sunday, was awarded the National Police Bravery Award in July 2009
Hersi Hersi (left), who lived as a trans woman called Naomi, was pronounced dead at the scene after being found with knife injuries at Heathrow Palace in Hounslow. Russell Jones, 23, became the eighth person in a week to be killed in London when he was ambushed outside shops near Ponders End station, Enfield
Romanian Beniamin Pieknyi, 20, (pictured) is believed to have jumped in to the fight in a bid to save his friend during the altercation at the Stratford Centre in east London
APRIL - Two deaths
April 1, Devoy Stapleton: Stabbed at as he made his way home from a night out in Wandsworth. Police found him in a pool of his own blood after being called to the middle-class suburb of Earlsfield, south west London
April 2: Tanesha Melbourne, 17: Tanesha was gunned down near her home in Tottenham, north London in front of horrified friends and family. It is thought she was caught in the crossfire of a ruthless gang war
April 2: Amaan Shakoor, 16: The teenager was shot in the face in Walthamstow, north London, and police have now confirmed he died from his injuries in hospital
Devoy Stapleton was stabbed at 1am on Sunday as he made his way home from a night out in Wandsworth, becoming London's twelfth murder victim in three weeks
Tanesha was gunned down near her home in Tottenham, north London in front of horrified friends and family
JANUARY - Eight deaths
1 January, Steve Frank Narvaez-Arias, 20: Stabbed in the chest on New Year's Day at a flat party in a council estate off Old Street in Islington, north London. After moving to the UK from Ecuador, the 20-year-old was reading physics and aerospace at Hertfordshire University and hoped to become a pilot
8 January, Daniel Frederick, 34: Daniel was killed metres from his home in Hackney after attending a hospital appointment for his pregnant partner
3 January, Elizabeta Lacatusu, 44: Found bleeding to death on Norfolk Road, in Ilford, after she had her throat slashed. She worked at a restaurant in the east London town and was returning home when she was stabbed to death
11 January, Harry Uzoka, 25: Harry, who was on the books of Premier Model Management and had modelled for brands including Mercedes and Zara - was stabbed in Shepherd's Bush. Neighbours reported a shout of 'hand it over' in the melee which involved several men
29 January, Juan Olmos Saca, 39: Died six days after being found stabbed at an address in Peckham
Steve Frank Narvaez-Arias, 20, was stabbed in the chest on New Year's Day at a flat party in a council estate off Old Street in Islington, north London. After moving to the UK from Ecuador, the 20-year-old was reading physics and aerospace at Hertfordshire University and hoped to become a pilot
Elizabeta Lacatusu, 44, was found bleeding to death on Norfolk Road, in Ilford, after she had her throat slashed on January 3
FEBRUARY - Fifteen deaths
1 February, Seyed Khan, 49: Found in Ilford Cemetery more than a week after he had been reported missing
3 February, Kwabena Nelson, 22: Ambushed in Tottenham in the early hours where he was fatally stabbed
3 February, Hasan Ozkan, 19: Stabbed to death in Abbey Road, Barking
5 February, Juan Olmos Saca: Died in hospital after being stabbed in Peckham
9 February, Hannah Leonard, 55: Fatally stabbed in Brays Tower, Primrose Hill
11 February, Sabri Chibani, 19: Stabbed in Streatham Common
12 February, Bulent Kabala, 41: The taxi driver was shot dead in a 'targeted hit' on a roundabout in Barnet
13 February, Saeeda Hussain, 54: Found with critical injuries at an address in Ilford and pronounced dead at the scene
14 February, Promise Nkenda, 17: Fatally stabbed in Newham, east London
15 February, Mark Smith, 48: Mr Smith was found injured in Chingford, and died shortly afterwards
18 February, Lewis Blackman, 19: Lewis, who grew up on the Peckwater estate in Kentish Town, was killed in Kensington. Witnesses told how a gang of about eight youths, some armed with sticks, shouted 'let's chase him down', before he was stabbed
19 February, Rotimi Oshibanjo, 26: Rotimi was fatally stabbed inside a property in the Halliday Square housing estate
20 February, Sadiq Mohamed, 20: The aspiring accountant was found with serious stab wounds in Malden Road, in Belsize Park
20 February, Abdikarim Hassan, 17: Abdikarim died in the street after being attacked in Camden
23 February, Josef Boci, 30: Jozef was beaten up in the street in Greenwich and died in hospital
Seyed Khan, 49, who was found dead in London at the beginning of the month - on February 1
Youth worker Kwabena Nelson (left), 22, who was stabbed to death in Tottenham and Hasan Ozcan who was fatally knifed - both on February 3
Hannah Leonard, who was 55, was found dead on February 9 in a flat in Camden, North London
Italian teenager Sabri Chibani, 19, was stabbed to death in south London on February 11, just weeks after moving to the capital to find work
Murder victim Bulent Kabala (left) was shot dead in targeted hit in Barnet on February 12, while Lewis Blackman (right), 19, was stabbed to death after a party in Kensington, west London, on February 18
Promise Nkenda, pictured here, was stabbed to death on Valentine's Day, February 14
Rotimi Oshibanjo, 26, pictured left, was killed on February 19 after he was knifed, and Adbikarim Hassan, 17, pictured right, was stabbed to death a day later on February 20
Sadiq Mohamed, 20, pictured here, was stabbed to death on February 20 in a spate of deadly crimes in the capital
Jozef Boci, 30, was assaulted on February 23, making him the final murder victim of the month
MARCH - 22 deaths
5 March, Kelva Smith, 20: Found stabbed in South Norwood, Croydon and pronounced dead at the scene
5 March, Laura Cecilia Navarrete De Figueira, 47, and her two children: Police launched a murder investigation after Laura Cecilia Navarrete De Figueira was found with stab wounds at her home in Twickenham. An hour earlier the body of her husband Figueira de Faria and the bodies of Claudio, 10, and Joaquin, seven, were discovered on the beach at Birling Gap, in Eastbourne, East Sussex.
10 March, Michael Boyle, 44: Mr Boyle, from Galashiels, Scotland died of multiple organ failure after being stabbed at a property in Southwark. He was found on February 25 but died on March 10
12 March, Nikolay Glushkov, 68: Russian businessman was found dead in his home in New Malden. He died from compression to the neck
14 March, Lyndon Davis, 18: The youngest to have been killed in March, was found suffering from a single stab wound in Chadwell Heath, east London
14 March, Joseph Williams-Torres, 20: Killed as he sat in a stationary car in Essex Close, Walthamstow
18 March, Russell Jones, 23: Ambushed outside shops near Ponders End station, in Enfield and stabbed and shot to death
18 March, Tyrone Silcott, 42: The father-of-two died from knife wounds after a St Patrick's Day party. It is alleged the car mechanic got into a row over two girls at a party in Homerton and was attacked
18 March, Hersi Hersi, 36: Hersi, who lived as a trans woman called Naomi, was pronounced dead at the scene after being found with knife injuries in Hounslow
19 March, Balbir Johal, 48: Died after being stabbed in Southall
19 March, Jermaine Johnson, 41: Found with stab injuries and pronounced dead at the scene in Walthamstow
20 March, Beniamin Pieknyi, 20: Believed to have jumped in to the fight in a bid to save his friend during the altercation at the Stratford Centre in east London. The 20-year-old, who only arrived in Britain two months ago from Romania, died in his best friend's arms after being chased and stabbed by a gang in the busy shopping centre
24 March, Julian Joseph, 36: Approached by two men on a bus in New Cross Road and assaulted resulting in a severe head injury on March 13. He died on March 24
25 March, Abraham Badru, 26: Gunned down in Hackney. The university graduate, who was murdered in Dalston, east London, was awarded the National Police Bravery Award in July 2009
26 March, David Potter, 50: Found stabbed to death in a property on Tooting High Street
29 March, unnamed man, 23: The victim was stabbed in the neck in Greenwich before being rushed to hospital by his friend where he died
30 March, Leyla Mtumwa, 36: Leyla was found dead with stab wounds to the neck and chest at an address in Haringey
Left, Leyla Mtumwa, 36, was found dead with stab wounds to the neck and chest at an address in Haringey. Right, Kelva Smith, 20, stabbed in South Norwood, Croydon and pronounced dead at the scene
Left, Jermaine Johnson, 41, was found with stab injuries and pronounced dead at the scene in Walthamstow. Right, Tyrone Silcott, 42, died from knife wounds after a St Patrick's Day party
Balbir Johal, 48: Died after being stabbed in Southall on March 19
Lyndon Davis (left), 18, the youngest to have been named in March, was found suffering from a single stab wound in Chadwell Heath, east London on March 14. Joseph Williams-Torres (right), 20, was killed the same evening as he sat in a stationary car in Essex Close, Walthamstow
Abraham Badru, 26: Gunned down in Hackney. The university graduate, who was murdered in Dalston, east London, on Sunday, was awarded the National Police Bravery Award in July 2009
Hersi Hersi (left), who lived as a trans woman called Naomi, was pronounced dead at the scene after being found with knife injuries at Heathrow Palace in Hounslow. Russell Jones, 23, became the eighth person in a week to be killed in London when he was ambushed outside shops near Ponders End station, Enfield
Romanian Beniamin Pieknyi, 20, (pictured) is believed to have jumped in to the fight in a bid to save his friend during the altercation at the Stratford Centre in east London
APRIL - Two deaths
April 1, Devoy Stapleton: Stabbed at as he made his way home from a night out in Wandsworth. Police found him in a pool of his own blood after being called to the middle-class suburb of Earlsfield, south west London
April 2: Tanesha Melbourne, 17: Tanesha was gunned down near her home in Tottenham, north London in front of horrified friends and family. It is thought she was caught in the crossfire of a ruthless gang war
April 2: Amaan Shakoor, 16: The teenager was shot in the face in Walthamstow, north London, and police have now confirmed he died from his injuries in hospital
Devoy Stapleton was stabbed at 1am on Sunday as he made his way home from a night out in Wandsworth, becoming London's twelfth murder victim in three weeks
Tanesha was gunned down near her home in Tottenham, north London in front of horrified friends and family
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