A passer-by who tried to save the life
of a teenage shooting victim was ordered at gunpoint to let him die, it
was claimed today.
The
19-year-old victim Kyle McDonald, a rapper who performed under the
street name Veli Goodfellaz, became the tenth teenage murder victim in
the capital this year when he was shot on the Kambala Estate in
Battersea, south London, on Wednesday night.
A
woman, who did not give her name but said her son was friends with the
victim, said her son had told her that McDonald had been shot by a phone
box and staggered through to Coppock Close, where he collapsed.
'I heard someone tried to resuscitate him, but was stopped and they were threatened with a gun,' she said.
She
added: 'I think it's a case of mistaken identity. He was a good lad, a
good Christian boy. He did a lot of stuff for the church.
'He was with another boy last night. I think it was the other one who was the target.
'When I heard I went to the street where he collapsed. Someone had called his mum and she was there. I was comforting her.'
Kyle, from Fulham, west London, is the fourth teenager to be fatally shot in London this year.
Tributes: Flowers have been laid at the end of the police cordon of Coppock Close for the murdered 19-year-old
Investigation: Police and forensic teams are still searching the area and a murder inquiry has been launched
Phone box: McDonald was said to have been shot at this spot on Fawcett Close
Fan: MC Harvey, former So Solid Crew member, paid tribute to the young rapper on Twitter
He was pronounced dead at the scene and his mother is said to still be at the hospital where his body was taken.
The woman said Kyle's distraught mother was still at the hospital where his body was taken.
Tributes
are pouring in from friends and from the rap community for the
teenager, who was a member of the London rap crew Goodfellaz.
Taking to Twitter this morning, former So Solid Crew member MC
Harvey, whose real name is Michael Harvey Jr, expressed his sadness at
the death of the budding musician.
In a number of posts he wrote: 'He was just a young kid why God why?
'What
these youngsters are going through in my community kills me
&£65533;&£65533; the worlds just turning savage no love no
respect for humanity.'
Fellow members of Goodfellaz also expressed their shock on Twitter.
Skore wrote: 'They Couldn’t Feel My Pain Lost My Lil
Brother... Thanks 4 Messages But I Just Can’t Reply I’ve Got Nothin To
Say...My Little Brothers Dead.'
Police and London Ambulance Service
were called shortly after 7.50pm following reports of an injured man. He
was pronounced dead at the scene at around 8.15pm.
The teenager’s next of kin have been informed and a post-mortem examination will be held later.
Scotland Yard have launched a murder
investigation and forensic teams today continued to scour a number of
streets on the Kambala Estate, near the notorious Winstanley Estate.
Police said no weapon had been found.
Abdul
Kadir said he walked home from the local mosque past where the teenager
was shot with his two young children less than hour before the
incident.
The 29-year-old said: 'I got back from mosque at around 7.30pm.
'Then
after 8pm I saw blue flashing lights and lots of police cars. I went
outside to see what was going on and the police told me to stay inside.
Rapper: Kyle McDonald went under the name Veli Goodfellaz when he performed with the Goodfellaz group
'Good lad': Family, friends and members of the
rap community have expressed their shock at the teenager's death and
some suggest this was a case of mistaken identity
Young: McDonald was the fourth teen gun victim in the capital this year and the tenth murder victim
'Later
I heard a boy had been shot outside the phone box. I couldn't believe
it, me and my children were just walking past there less than an hour
before.
'It is worrying. My children play outside until quite late
sometimes as it's an enclosed area. I hope it's an isolated incident.'
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