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A man has been rushed to hospital after being shot in a south west London residential street this evening.
Police were called to Bedford Hill in Balham after neighbours reported a number of shots being fired and a wounded man stumbling into a nearby house.
The man, aged in his 20s, was rushed to hospital with a gunshot wound.
Photos from the scene, near the junction with Dornton Road, showed a line of police cars at the scene, with a cordon set up as officers investigated the shooting.
Residents reported around six police vehicles descending on the street shortly after 9.20pm.
One neighbour told the Standard: "I heard two shots, one directly after the other.
"At that point, the victim was taken into a house."
He went on: "The street returned to normal. Then, a few minutes later, several police cars appeared and two or three ambulances arrived.
"Armed policemen spoke to an eye-witness who pointed out the area where the shots were fired and the paramedics rushed into the house
"A police officer then said they'll need to take the victim to hospital and he was shortly wheeled out on a bed wearing an oxygen mask and taken off in an ambulance."
A spokesman for Wandsworth police said: "We were called to the location at 9.21pm to reports of a male shot.
"A male has been taken to a south London hospital.
"No arrests have been made. The investigation is ongoing."
No further details about the victim or his condition have been released so far.
A man has been rushed to hospital after being shot in a south west London residential street this evening.
Police were called to Bedford Hill in Balham after neighbours reported a number of shots being fired and a wounded man stumbling into a nearby house.
The man, aged in his 20s, was rushed to hospital with a gunshot wound.
Photos from the scene, near the junction with Dornton Road, showed a line of police cars at the scene, with a cordon set up as officers investigated the shooting.
Residents reported around six police vehicles descending on the street shortly after 9.20pm.
One neighbour told the Standard: "I heard two shots, one directly after the other.
"At that point, the victim was taken into a house."
He went on: "The street returned to normal. Then, a few minutes later, several police cars appeared and two or three ambulances arrived.
"Armed policemen spoke to an eye-witness who pointed out the area where the shots were fired and the paramedics rushed into the house
"A police officer then said they'll need to take the victim to hospital and he was shortly wheeled out on a bed wearing an oxygen mask and taken off in an ambulance."
A spokesman for Wandsworth police said: "We were called to the location at 9.21pm to reports of a male shot.
"A male has been taken to a south London hospital.
"No arrests have been made. The investigation is ongoing."
No further details about the victim or his condition have been released so far.
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