'Sheer panic' as schoolboy, 15, 'assassinated' by gunman at family fun day in London park

A GUNMAN “assassinated” a schoolboy after firing into the air to clear crowds at a London park’s family fun day, a witness said today — only hours before a crime thriller was due to start filming.

- John Dunne and Martin Bentham

Families were enjoying a day out when the killer blasted a shot into the sky before firing at his 15-year-old victim shortly after 7pm yesterday evening.

Police and other emergency services rushed to the scene in Emslie Horniman’s Pleasance in Ladbroke Grove, but were unable to save the boy. Six males were arrested on suspicion of murder and taken into custody.