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Man, 19, charged over drive-by shooting at funeral in central London

He will appear at Willesden Magistrates' Court today accused of six counts of conspiracy to wound with intent and possession of a shotgun with intent to endanger life.

Niamh Lynch

News reporter

Wednesday 15 March 2023 13:58, UK

Police near to the scene of a suspected drive-by shooting in Phoenix Road, next to Euston station in north London, where three women, aged 48, 54 and 41 along with a seven-year-old girl have been injured near a church where a funeral was taking place. Picture date: Saturday January 14, 2023.
Image: Police near to the scene of a drive-by shooting in Phoenix Road, next to Euston station in north London in January
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A 19-year-old has been charged and two other men arrested in relation to a drive-by shooting outside a funeral in a central London church.聽

Alrico Nelson Martin, from Kilburn, north-west London, will appear at Willesden Magistrates' Court today accused of six counts of conspiracy to wound with intent and possession of a shotgun with intent to endanger life.

Two other men, aged 22 and 23, were arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of conspiracy to murder, the Metropolitan Police said.

A police forensics officer works near to the scene of a suspected drive-by shooting in Phoenix Road, next to Euston station in north London, where three women, aged 48, 54 and 41 along with a seven-year-old girl have been injured near a church where a funeral was taking place. Picture date: Saturday January 14, 2023.
Image: A police forensics officer works near to the church after the January shooting

Six people - four women and two girls aged 11 and seven - were shot outside a funeral at St Aloysius Church in Phoenix Road, Euston, on 14 January.

None suffered life-threatening injuries but one of the women, aged 48, remains in hospital.

The memorial service was a Requiem Mass for 20-year-old Sara Sanchez and her mother, Fresia Calderon, 50, who died within weeks of each other.

A police forensic officer works at the scene of a suspected drive-by shooting in Phoenix Road, next to Euston station in north London, where three women, aged 48, 54 and 41 along with a seven-year-old girl have been injured near a church where a funeral was taking place. Picture date: Saturday January 14, 2023.
Image: Police forensic officer near the scene of the shooting where a memorial mass for a mother and daughter was taking place in January

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Ms Sanchez suffered from leukaemia for three years before her death in November.

Just 25 days before Ms Sanchez's death, her mother died suddenly from a rare blood clot on arrival at Heathrow Airport from Colombia.

A 22-year-old man who was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder on 15 January has been released on bail until April.

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