Two men dead and one critically injured in east London shooting
Two men have died and a third has been left critically injured in a shooting in east London.
Police were called at around 12.15am on Tuesday to a street in Ilford after reports of a fight and shots fired.
Officers found three men with gunshot injuries. One of the victims, who was in his 20s, was pronounced dead at the scene and another died a short time later.
The injured man, who is in his 30s, was taken to hospital, where he remains in critical condition.
No arrests have been made and the investigation is ongoing, the Metropolitan Police said.
The force said they believe they know the identity of the man in his 20s and that work is ongoing to identify the other man killed in the shooting, which took place on Henley Road.
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Armed police were among those who responded, police said.
