Tanesha was hanging out with friends on Chalgrove Road, Tottenham, when she was shot by someone in a car shortly before 9.30 pm on Monday night, according to Metro UK.
Recall that we reported that Abraham Badru, a Nigerian living in the UK, was also shot dead recently on the streets of London by unidentified gunmen.
A woman who knew the murdered girl said the victim was “just chilling with friends” when she was shot from a car for “no reason at all.”
The 21-year-old, who did not want to be named, says: “the car just pulled up and just started shooting.”
She said she heard the gunshots “like fireworks” from her house.
Rapper Wretch32, who lives in Tottenham, tweets: “Wish I knew what to say about what’s happening in my ends. North London, we’re better than this man. SMH R.I.P to the young angel who lost her life last night. love & prayers to the family. I’m honestly lost for words.”
A witness adds: “Her friend came banging on my door so I came out quickly. I even tried to save her – had to, had to.”
She said the gunshot wound, below the victim’s breast, was not immediately visible and it looked like she was “having a fit.”
“I put her on her side and I was just rubbing her back, saying ‘everything’s going to be OK’.
“I just can’t believe it – so young. It’s ridiculous now.”
The woman said the victim was not responding but adds: “I could see she was looking at me.” She told how the girl’s mother arrived before paramedics, adding: “She was screaming. She didn’t know what to do.
“It only became clear the 17-year-old had been shot when the paramedics took her bra off.
”She didn’t deserve that. Her mum didn’t deserve to watch her die,” she adds.
The witness described the victim as a “good girl,”, adding: “She was so lovely.”
Another neighbour described the murder as “very sad.”
“I heard the bangs because I sleep in the front room,” she says. “I thought it was a bomb.”
Describing the area, she adds: “It’s not nice – so many drugs, stabbings, cycles up and down – no respect for people anymore.”
In a separate shooting at the same time, a 16-year-old boy was left in a critical condition after he was shot in Walthamstow, East London. Another boy, aged 15, was taken to hospital with stab injuries.
So far this year the Metropolitan Police have launched 47 murder inquiries – eight in January, 15 in February, 22 in March and two in April.
(Metro UK)
