Euston shooting: Video shows people fleeing after drive-by attack

CCTV footage shows screaming people fleeing after a drive-by shooting outside a London church left a girl, seven, seriously injured.

A 12-year-old girl and four women were also injured at St Aloysius Church in Euston when shots were fired from a moving vehicle on Saturday afternoon.

Police believe a black Toyota was used in the attack, which happened during a memorial service at the church.

A man was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder earlier.

The force said the seven-year-old girl remained in a stable but life-threatening condition.

A shotgun was used in the attack, which happened at about 13:30 GMT during a memorial service for 20-year-old Sara Sanchez and her mother Fresia Calderon. The service was held at the Roman Catholic church on Phoenix Road, which said it was attended by about 300 people.

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Four women, aged 21, 41, 48 and 54, were taken to hospital, where their injuries were assessed as non-life threatening.

The 48-year-old suffered potentially life-changing injuries, police said.

A 12-year-old girl sustained a leg injury and was expected to make a full recovery, officers added.

A cordon has been set up outside St Aloysius Church

The CCTV footage shows a dark car being driven down Phoenix Road and, seconds later, a gunshot noise can be heard.

Supt Jack Rowlands said on Sunday officers "found multiple people with injuries caused by pellets from a shotgun".

He said officers were seeking information about a black Toyota.

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

Police shared a stock image of the Toyota model used in the attack

Father Jeremy Trood conducted the memorial service for Ms Sanchez, who died from leukaemia in November, and her mother Fresia Calderon who died the same month.

Ms Sanchez had suffered from leukaemia for three years, while her mother died from a rare blood clot on arrival at Heathrow from Colombia.

Fr Trood said the Mass had just finished and the congregation was leaving when he heard an "enormous bang".

The memorial service was being held for Sara Sanchez and her mother Fresia Calderon

"It was a very strange, long and prolonged noise I heard," he told BBC London.

"Doves were going to be released at the end of the service and I think people were going out to see that.

"I remember the screams and shouts, and the people who were making their way out of the church all coming back in.

"I've been here nine years and I've never known anything like this... it's very shocking."

He added since the shooting, he had held two services to pray for those affected, especially those in hospital, as well as the perpetrator, for them to learn the errors of their ways and to accept responsibility.

"How anyone could shoot into a crowd of people is just unimaginable, I don't know how anyone could even contemplate doing such a thing," he said.

A resident who lives near the church said her children had been left traumatised, especially after it was confirmed that it was a shooting that they had heard.

The woman, who did not want to be named, added they had seen one of the victims fall to the ground.

"My son had an exam today and I think the whole night he wasn't able to go to sleep because of it (the shooting)," she said.

"We have witnessed something right in front of our doorstep."

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