PA News 31/7/00 Nine hurt in club shooting Nine people were hurt when a gunman opened fire outside a nightclub in what detectives believe may have been a Yardie incident. One man received serious chest wounds and eight others were injured at 2.50am when the man fired shots outside the Chicago nightclub in Peckham High Street, south east London. A Metropolitan Police spokesman said: "Nine people are known to have been injured by a suspect firing shots outside the club. "None of the injured people are believed to be in a life-threatening condition. "Details are not yet clear at this early stage of what happened but the case is being investigated by the Trident officers who look into Yardie shootings. "The injured people have been taken to hospital but for their own safety we are not saying where," added the spokesman. -- Eight could have been killed in gun attack Police are investigating a Yardie-style attack on a London nightclub in which eight people were wounded by gunmen. Police believe many of the eight were innocent bystanders. They were hurt outside the Chicago nightclub in Peckham High Street when gunmen armed with an automatic weapon opened fire. Deputy assistant commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Bill Griffiths said: "I think we are very fortunate not to talking about eight murders here. This was indiscriminate shooting." Five of the victims were female, among them a 15-year-old girl who suffered wounds to her right arm and chest. One man had serious chest wounds. They are all being treated in hospital. Mr Griffiths added: "I would say it is unprecedented for this number of people to be injured by gunfire in one incident. I believe many people here were completely innocent bystanders." Mr Griffiths said: "There was certainly more than one weapon used because of what eyewitnesses have told us." The senior officer agreed that there was a possibility that one person was targeted by the gunmen and others got in the way. Passers-by described how they fled in terror from the nightspot which had been hired for a private function for 200 guests. Lee Jasper, chairman of the Operation Trident lay adviser group said: "This is an extremely serious development in the level of gun violence played out in the community over the last few months." Operation Trident was set up two years' ago in response to the violent murders of Avril Johnson, a successful DJ, from south London, and Michelle Carby, from east London, who were both gunned down in their homes. Cybershooters website: http://www.cybershooters.org List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________________________________________ T O P I C A The Email You Want. http://www.topica.com/t/16 Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Your Favorite Topics
