Croydon shooting leaves victim needing treatment over 2 months later

A man shot in Croydon just before Christmas is still needing medical treatment more than two months later. It comes as Metropolitan Police appeal for more information after the incident on Monday, December 23, before 11.25pm.

The incident, which MyLondon reported on at the time, saw the 50-year-old rushed to hospital for an injury to his hand. The force explained: "He has since been discharged but due to the severity of the injury he continues to undergo medical treatment."

Detective Inspector Martin Thomas from Specialist Crime said that the victim could have died in the attack on Godric Crescent in New Addington, for which no one has been arrested.

Police are looking for two suspects who left in a car heading north on King Henry’s Drive. They frequent a home on Portland Road, South Norwood.

He said: "The victim was very fortunate not to sustain even more serious injuries and if he hadn’t reacted in the way that he did, this shooting may have been fatal.

"We have carried out extensive enquiries in order to identify the two suspects involved and we are now appealing for your help. We know they left the scene in a car, heading north on King Henry’s Drive.

"We have also been able to establish the suspects are known to frequent an address on Portland Road, South Norwood, and may have been there two days before the crime.

"I would urge anyone with information, or who may have been in the area at the time and has a dash cam, to please make contact with us. We need to arrest these man whose recklessness is dangerous."

Anyone with information is asked to call police via 101 quoting CAD 7736/23Dec24. To remain anonymous call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

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