Police named a teenager who was stabbed to death during a “mass brawl” in East London today.
Shae Gordon, 17, from Enfield, was allegedly slain in a massive street fight involving 100 men, some of whom were armed with machetes.
Met Police officers were sent to the scene in Lichfield Road, E3, just after midnight on September 4, when they discovered two adolescents with stab wounds.
Shae was transported to the hospital but was declared dead just before 2 a.m. The second victim of the attack remains in critical condition.
Officers apprehended an 18-year-old man on suspicion of violent conduct; he is still detained.
The incident, which happened on the same day as the fatal shooting of 29-year-old Maximillian Kusi-Owusu on Kensington High Street, is one of the most recent in the capital’s murderous summer.
It also occurs only days after Takayo Nembhard, a 21-year-old footballer-turned-drill rapper, was fatally murdered during the Notting Hill Carnival.
Both individuals were taken to an East London hospital by medical personnel from the London Ambulance Service and London’s Air Ambulance.
Following the event, the Metropolitan Police initiated a murder investigation, with forensics photographed at the site.
Officers apprehended an 18-year-old man on suspicion of violent conduct; he is still detained.
Specialist officers are providing assistance to Shae’s family after their devastating death.
Detective chief inspector Mark Rogers of the Met’s Specialist Crime Command said: ‘An arrest has been made and our investigation is continuing at pace.
‘Shae’s family have our assurances that we will do everything we possibly can to bring them justice and support them following their terrible loss.
There were six suspected murders in four days alone in August, including Thomas O’Halloran, 87, who was stabbed to death in his mobility scooter in Greenford.
Pressure has been mounting on Sadiq Khan following a spike in knife crime since COVID restrictions were lifted.
The Mayor of London pledged his commitment to tackling violent crime with the Met Police Violent Crime Task Force.
In a tweet, he said: ‘Violent crime tears families and communities apart
‘It has no place in London and I am determined to bear down on both violence and the complex causes of violence.’