A man in his 30s has died after shots were fired outside a bar in Hackney in the early hours of this morning.
Police scrambled to the scene in Gillett Square, Dalston, just before 1am where they found a seriously injured man.
Despite the efforts of emergency services, he was pronounced dead at the scene.
It comes just hours after a teenage boy was stabbed to death and another injured following reports of a fight in nearby Romford last night.
The borough s police chief has now called on locals to give up the gunmen as detectives step up their investigation.
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image captionThe boy found injured in Retford Road was taken to hospital with stab wounds, police said
Two people have been killed and another two injured in a spate of attacks across London.
A teenage boy was found with fatal stab wounds on Church Road, Havering, at 18:41 BST on Friday - 10 minutes later, another boy was found with stab injuries on nearby Retford Road.
A man was then pronounced dead in Gillett Square, Dalston, just before 01:00 after reports of shots fired.
A man, 18, is also critical after being stabbed in Woolwich on Friday.
The boy found in Church Road died at the scene and the boy in Retford Road was taken to hospital.
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