A 22-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a drive-by shooting outside a church in London that left a seven-year-old girl with life-threatening injuries.
It is the first arrest linked to the shooting outside St Aloysius church near Euston station on Saturday.
Six people, four women and two children who had been attending a memorial service for a woman and her mother, were injured in the attack.
A 22-year-old man was arrested on Sunday after a car was stopped in Cricklewood Lane in Barnet, north London. He has been taken into custody for questioning.
Police said shotgun pellets were fired from a black Toyota C-HR at about 1.30pm on Saturday before it drove off. Scotland Yard issued a plea to anyone who may have seen the car in the area on Saturday to come forward with information.
The service being held at the church in the Somers Town area of Camden was for Fresia Calderon, 50, and her daughter Sara Sanchez, 20. Both had died within weeks of each other at the end of 2022.
Calderon had returned from Colombia in November and died from a blood clot after landing at Heathrow. Her daughter died three weeks later from terminal leukemia.
Mourners had reportedly left the church to release white doves on Saturday when the incident happened.
The seven-year-old girl, taken to hospital after the shooting, is in a serious but stable condition.
A 48-year-old woman was left with potentially life-changing injuries after the shooting, and three other women, aged 21, 41 and 54, were taken to hospital where their condition is deemed to be non life-threatening.
A 12-year-old girl who sustained a leg injury is expected to make a full recovery.
The shots sent mourners running and screaming, with many of them sheltering inside the church, witnesses said. Footage posted on social media showed chaotic scenes after the shooting began.
One resident of an estate across the road from the church, who did not want to be named, said: “I heard the gunshots. I was having a quiet day on my balcony and I heard this almighty bang and I thought this was not normal, and the next minute everyone was screaming and shouting.”
