A woman injured after a shooting in Stamford Hill is “not in a life-threatening” condition.
Police were called to reports of a shooting near Reizel Close at around 7.40pm yesterday evening (May 14).
Armed officers attended the scene, where a woman aged in her 30s was found with a gunshot wound to her leg.
She was rushed to an east London hospital by London Ambulance Service (LAS).
This morning, a police spokesperson has confirmed that the woman’s condition has been assessed as not life-threatening.
They added that no arrests have been made, but that officers continue to investigate the incident.
LAS has confirmed that it responded to the incident by sending ambulance crews, an advanced paramedic, an incident response officer and members of its hazardous area response team (HART).
London's Air Ambulance was also dispatched to the scene.
Police have said that road closures remain in place in Stamford Hill close to the Morrisons junction with Windus Road, extending to the junction with Lynmouth Road.
A spokesperson warned this is likely to cause disruption to bus routes and local people, but said officers were working to keep this to a “minimum”.
Anyone with information that can help police should call 101 quoting referencing CAD 7076/14 May.
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