Wood Green shooting: Eight arrested after man killed in street

Camilo Palacio was killed on High Road in Wood Green

Eight people have been arrested over the killing of a man who was shot dead on a north London street.

Camilo Palacio, 23, was attacked on High Road in Wood Green on 24 July at about 21:30 BST - the second fatal shooting in the area within 24 hours.

He was pronounced dead 30 minutes later with a post-mortem examination finding the cause of death to be a gunshot wound to the chest.

The Met said five people had been arrested in London and three in Kent.

The force said officers had stopped a car in Harlesden, north-west London, on Sunday and arrested two men aged 27 and 64 on suspicion of murder, and a 25-year-old woman on suspicion of assisting an offender.

A 16-year-old was also arrested on suspicion of murder after police raided a Haringey address.

On the same day, officers working on behalf of the Met arrested two men aged 30 and 24 on suspicion of murder, and a 17-year-old boy on suspicion of assisting an offender in Margate, Kent.

On Monday, an 18-year-old was arrested on suspicion of murder at London City Airport.

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