Police name teenager shot in shop

5:17pm Thursday 7th August 2008

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A teenager shot dead when he was caught up in a suspected gang confrontation has been named as Ryan Bravo.

The 18-year-old died from a gunshot wound to the back as he shopped for groceries with his brother and cousin.

Detectives have not yet traced two black teenagers they believe were the intended victims of the shooting at a branch of Costcutter in Walworth, south east London.

Witnesses described how Mr Bravo was shot just inside the doorway of the convenience store at about 9.40pm on Wednesday.

Police said he was shot moments after two other black men of a similar age pushed their way into the shop behind him.

As the pair, who were believed to be trying to get away from someone, forced their way inside, several shots were fired.

Officers are hunting up to five male suspects who drove away on three mopeds in the direction of Boyson Road. Those responsible may have been prowling the area for some time, possibly as they looked for their intended victims, police said.

Investigators were also probing whether the murder was linked to a shooting hours earlier on the Myatts Field North Estate in Brixton in which a youth was hit in the leg.

An Albanian man in his 20s was caught up in the Costcutter shooting as he tried to buy cigarettes at the shop. The man, who lives nearby, said he heard up to four shots fired in the space of less than 10 seconds and added that he was lucky to be alive.

:: A 19-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder and is being held at a south London police station.

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