Clapham shooting latest updates: Police hunt gunman on moped ...

A moped could be seen left on the pavement on Clapham Common South Side.

A witness wrote on social media that the moped riders had fallen off it before shooting.

“I saw it all firsthand. Two guys on motorbike fell off on corner between Tube station n Sainsburys after chase from police officers. They ran down towards Brixton and pulled out a shotgun and shot a girl crossing the street in the leg,” she wrote.

Officers had been chasing the moped whose rider fired shots after it failed to stop in the Clapham area, police have revealed.

They cordoned off roads as they tried to trace the rider.

Sian Cole said she was nearly struck by the motorbike as it careered onto the pavement with police in pursuit as she got off at Clapham Common Tube station.

She told The Independent: “It was very scary due to it being rush hour and there were so many people present at the scene.

“I was walking and the motorbike just crashed right in front of me.

“And then I saw them get up and run. Only then did I realise the police cars because I had my Airpods in.

“So I stopped the music and then heard the shot. It could’ve hit any of us.

“It hit a woman in the leg. They were aiming it back behind them.”

The window of the Belle Vue pub in Clapham Common appears to have been shattered in the rush hour shooting.

Witness to the aftermath of the shotgun attack which saw three injured Christopher Peters told The Independent: “I saw well over 10 stationary police cars blocking the crossroad.

“There was police tape, ambulances, a helicopter overhead, more police cars arriving at high speed from the Clapham North and Clapham junction directions.

“Then I could see what looked like a motorbike on its side. And what looked like a bullet hole in the window of the pub on that crossroads.”

A London Ambulance Service spokesperson said three people were injured, with two taken to a major trauma centre.

He said: “We were called today at 4.59pm to reports of an incident in Clapham Common South Side.

“We sent a number of resources including ambulance crews, operational managers, advanced paramedics and London’s air ambulance.

“We treated three people at the scene and took two to a London major trauma centre and one to hospital.”

One woman walking on Clapham South Side during a busy rush hour was shot in the leg as two men on a moped fired a shotgun at pursuing police officers.

A witness said: “I didn’t see blood but I saw her touching her leg in pain. The other victims I’m not so sure of.

“They must’ve been trying to shoot at the police officer behind them but ended up hitting bystanders.”

She added the two were wearing all black clothes and quickly dropping the weapon believed to be a shotgun before fleeing the busy high street.