Waltham Forest park party sees man shot dead

Cheney Row Park was created in 2019 on a former landfill site

A man has been shot dead at a large gathering in a park in Waltham Forest, east London.

Police said they were called to Cheney Row Park, off Durban Road, in the early hours of Sunday, where "50 to 100 people" had been playing music.

Shortly afterwards, a local man who has since been named as Sam Brown, arrived at hospital with gunshot injuries along with a man with stab wounds.

Mr Brown, 28, died in hospital and the stabbed man, in his 30s, was arrested.

He has been taken into custody at a London police station.

One resident, who did not want to be named, said: "I heard noises and what sounded like arguments but I didn't think it would be something as serious as this.

"It's not very nice on your doorstep, [it] brings it home a bit."

Det Ch Insp Kelly Allen from the Met Police asked for anyone with footage or images of the event to upload it via a special link on the force's website.

She said: "To anyone considering whether or not to come forward to police, I ask you to put yourself in the position of the victim's grieving mother and father this morning. They deserve answers.

"And whoever took a gun to a gathering like this does not deserve your protection."

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